Jueces 21:17

17 Los sobrevivientes deben tener herederos, para que no quede exterminada toda una tribu de Israel.

Jueces 21:17 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:17

And they said, there must be an inheritance for them that be
escaped Benjamin
The escaped are the six hundred men in the rock Rimmon; four hundred of them were supplied with wives, the other two wanted; and as there was an inheritance divided by lot to the tribe of Benjamin, to that tribe and to that only it belonged, and they must have it and no other; it now of right devolved on these six hundred men, and them only, and therefore provision must be made to increase their number, that they may occupy the inheritance they have a right to, rebuild their cities, till their land, cultivate their vineyards and oliveyards, and enjoy all the advantages of their possessions:

that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel;
but the full number of the tribes be preserved, and their inheritances belonging to them, according to the predictions of Jacob and Moses, and the assignment of them by lot unto them by Joshua.

Jueces 21:17 In-Context

15 El pueblo sintió lástima por Benjamín, porque el Señor
había dejado un vacío en las tribus de Israel.

16 A raíz de eso, los ancianos de la asamblea preguntaron: «¿Cómo podemos conseguir esposas para los pocos que quedan, ya que las mujeres de la tribu de Benjamín están muertas?

17 Los sobrevivientes deben tener herederos, para que no quede exterminada toda una tribu de Israel.

18 Pero no podemos darles a nuestras hijas en matrimonio porque hemos jurado solemnemente que quien lo haga caerá bajo la maldición de Dios».

19 Entonces se acordaron del festival anual del Señor
que se celebra en Silo, al sur de Lebona y al norte de Betel, por el lado oriente del camino que va de Betel a Siquem.