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Judges 21:16

“Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?””
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14And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.

15The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

16Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

17They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

18But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

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