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Judges 21:17
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15 And the people agrieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.  
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
17 And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.
18 However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, afor the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”  
19 Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly afeast of the Lord in bShiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the chighway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”  
20 Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards,
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Judges 21:17

An inheritance - The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few who remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by any other tribe; and therefore we are obliged to procure wives for them all, that they may make up this breach, and be capable of possessing and managing all their land: that this tribe, and their inheritance may not be confounded with, or swallowed up by any of the rest.


 
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