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Judges 21:18

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However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”

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Judges 21:18 in other translations

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Judges 21:18 · American Standard Version

Judges 21:18 in context

  1. 16Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
  2. 17They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
  3. 18However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”
  4. 19They said, “Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
  5. 20They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,