Judges 21:14-18
Judges 21:14
And the tribe of Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had allowed to live from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but they were not enough for them.
Judges 21:15
And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the Lord had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.
Judges 21:16
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What are we to do for wives for those who are left, since the women have been eliminated from Benjamin?”
Judges 21:17
And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.
Judges 21:18
But we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin!”