Judges 21:7 meaning and explanation
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Judges 21:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The speakers are the elders and people of Israel, gathered at Bethel after the civil war that nearly destroyed the tribe of Benjamin. Their question is practical and painful: six hundred Benjamite men survive, but Israel had sworn at Mizpah not to give their daughters to Benjamin in marriage.
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