Judges 21:17

21:17 The ¹  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. ² 

Judges 21:6

21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to ³  their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire ⁴  tribe from Israel!

Judges 21:3

21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire ⁵  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ⁶  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ⁷  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “and they said” at the beginning of the verse. For stylistic reasons the translation treats v. 17 as a continuation of the remarks of the leaders in v. 16.

² tn Heb “An inheritance for the remnant belonging to Benjamin, and a tribe from Israel will not be wiped away.” The first statement lacks a verb. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “How can an inheritance remain for the remnant of Benjamin?”

³ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

⁴ tn Heb “cut off one.”

⁵ tn Heb “one.”

⁷ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

⁸ tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”