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 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ¹  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

Judges 21:18

21:18 But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, ²  for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’ ³ 

[21:7]  ¹ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”

[21:18]  ² tn Heb “But we are not able to give to them wives from our daughters.”

[21:18]  ³ tn Heb “is cursed.”