Judges 21:6

6 But the People of Israel were feeling sorry for Benjamin, their brothers. They said, "Today, one tribe is cut off from Israel.

Judges 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:6

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their
brother
Not that they went to war with them, as if their cause was not good; but for the severity they had exercised towards them, especially in destroying their women and children, and for the fatal consequences like to follow here after, particularly the dissolution of the whole tribe:

and said, there is one tribe cut off from Israel this day;
that is, there is a likelihood or great danger of it.

Judges 21:6 In-Context

4 Early the next morning, the people got busy and built an altar. They sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings.

5 Then the Israelites said, "Who from all the tribes of Israel didn't show up as we gathered in the presence of God?" For they had all taken a sacred oath that anyone who had not gathered in the presence of God at Mizpah had to be put to death.

6 But the People of Israel were feeling sorry for Benjamin, their brothers. They said, "Today, one tribe is cut off from Israel.

7 How can we get wives for those who are left? We have sworn by God not to give any of our daughters to them in marriage."

8 They said, "Which one of the tribes of Israel didn't gather before God at Mizpah?"