Judges 21:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ Therefore, the elders of the Congregation said, “What shall we do about wives for the remnant? For the women of Benjamin have been destroyed.”

¹⁷ And they said, “There must be an inheritance for those of Benjamin that escapes, so that a tribe is not destroyed out of Israel.

¹⁸ “However, we may not give them wives from our daughters.” For the children of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”