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Judges 21:17

Benjamin

15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

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BSB
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
KJV
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
WEB
They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
ASV
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
DARBY
And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
BLB
And they said, “An inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.
ÅB
Og de sa: Benjamins arvedel skal høre de undkomne til, så ikke en hel stamme i Israel skal utslettes.
OTB
«Det må være en arv for de overlevende av Benjamin,» sa de, «slik at en stamme ikke blir utslettet fra Israel.»
B1930
Og de sa: Benjamins arvedel skal høre de undkomne til, så ikke en hel stamme i Israel skal utslettes.

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  • Numbers 26:55

    Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

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  • Numbers 36:7

    So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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