Judges 21:17

17 How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction?

Judges 21:17 In-Context

15 The people felt bad for Benjamin; God had left out Benjamin - the missing piece from the Israelite tribes.
16 The elders of the congregation said, "How can we get wives for the rest of the men, since all the Benjaminite women have been killed?
17 How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction?
18 We certainly can't give our own daughters to them as wives." (Remember, the Israelites had taken the oath: "Cursed is anyone who provides a wife to Benjamin.")
19 Then they said, "There is that festival of God held every year in Shiloh. It's north of Bethel, just east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem and a little south of Lebonah."
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