Judges 21:5-7

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⁵ Then the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] asked, “Did any tribe of Israel not ·come here to meet [assemble] with us ·in the presence of [before] the Lord?” They asked this question because they had ·sworn [taken a solemn oath] that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah would be ·killed [put to death].

⁶ The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] felt sorry for ·their relatives, the Benjaminites [^LBenjamin, their brother]. They said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel. ⁷ We swore before the Lord that we would not ·allow our daughters to marry a Benjaminite [give our daughters to them for wives]. How can we make sure that the remaining men of Benjamin will have wives?”