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Judges 21:14
So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead,—but they found not for them [to suffice], even so.
Judges 21:14 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Judges 21:14 in other translations
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.
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In context
11 And, this, is the thing that ye shall do,—Every male, and every woman that hath cohabited with man, shall ye devote to destruction.
12 And they found—of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead—four hundred young women, virgins, who had not cohabited with man,—so they brought them into the camp, at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 Then the whole assembly sent, and spake unto the sons of Benjamin, who were in the cliff Rimmon,—and proclaimed to them, peace.
14 So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead,—but they found not for them [to suffice], even so.
15 Now, the assembly, had grieved for Benjamin,—because Yahweh had made a breach, in the tribes of Israel.
16 So then, the elders of the assembly said, What are we to do for them who remain, for wives,—for womankind, hath been destroyed out of Benjamin?
17 And they said, There is an inheritance for the escaped of Benjamin,—and there must not be wiped out, a tribe, out of Israel.
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