Judges 21:1

600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

Judges 21:18

21:18 But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, ¹  for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’ ² 

Judges 21:1

600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

Judges 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ³ 

Judges 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ⁴ 

Judges 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ⁵ 

[21:18]  ¹ tn Heb “But we are not able to give to them wives from our daughters.”

[21:18]  ² tn Heb “is cursed.”

[14:1]  ³ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[14:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[14:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”