Shìshījì 21:16

16 Huì zhōng de zhǎnglǎo shuō , Biànyǎmǐn zhōng de nǚzi jìrán chúmiĕ le , wǒmen dāng zĕnyàng bànlǐ , shǐ nà yú shèng de rén yǒu qī ne .

Shìshījì 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:16

Then the elders of the congregation said
&c.] This being the case, that there were not wives enough for them, they were obliged to consult again, and consider of another expedient to provide for them; and this motion came from the elders of the people, not only in years, but in office:

how shall we do for wives for them that remain:
the other two hundred, who had none:

seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
and so no wives to be had there; and as for the Israelites which came to Mizpeh, who were of all the tribes of Israel, they had solemnly sworn that they would not give any of their daughters to them, and therefore it was a very difficult thing to provide wives for them.

Shìshījì 21:16 In-Context

14 Dāngshí Biànyǎmǐn rén huí lái le , Yǐsèliè rén jiù bǎ suǒ cún huó Jīliè yǎ bǐ de nǚzi gĕi tāmen wèi qī , háishì bú gòu .

15 Bǎixìng wèi Biànyǎmǐn rén hòuhuǐ , yīnwei Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén quē le yī gè zhīpaì ( yuánwén zuò shǐ Yǐsèliè zhōng yǒu le pò kǒu ) .

16 Huì zhōng de zhǎnglǎo shuō , Biànyǎmǐn zhōng de nǚzi jìrán chúmiĕ le , wǒmen dāng zĕnyàng bànlǐ , shǐ nà yú shèng de rén yǒu qī ne .

17 Yòu shuō , Biànyǎmǐn taótuō de rén dāng yǒu dì yè , miǎndé Yǐsèliè zhōng túmǒ le yī gè zhīpaì .

18 Zhǐshì wǒmen bùnéng jiāng zìjǐ de nǚér gĕi tāmen wèi qī . yīnwei Yǐsèliè rén céng qǐshì shuō , yǒu jiāng nǚér gĕi Biànyǎmǐn rén wèi qī de , bì shòu zhòuzǔ .