Judges 21:7

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Judges 21:7

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What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

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KJV

King James Version

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

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WEB

World English Bible

How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 21

⁵ The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

⁶ And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

⁷ What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

⁸ So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

⁹ For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.

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