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Judges 21:16-18

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21:16 The leaders 1  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? 2  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out. 21:17 The 3  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. 4  21:18 But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, 5  for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’ 6 
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[21:16]  1 tn Or “elders.”

[21:16]  2 tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”

[21:17]  3 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.

[21:17]  4 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?”

[21:18]  5 tn Heb “But we are not able to give to them wives from our daughters.”

[21:18]  6 tn Heb “is cursed.”



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