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Judges 21:6
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
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Judges 21:6 in other translations
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
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In context
3 “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
4 The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
7 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
8 So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
9 For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
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