Judges 21:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 26:55 : 55 But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.
  • Num 36:7 : 7 And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

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  • Judg 21:12-16
    5 verses
    86%

    12Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

    13And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

    14Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

    15And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.

    16Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

  • Judg 21:5-8
    4 verses
    82%

    5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

    6And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.

    7What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

    8And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.

  • Judg 21:18
    81%

    18Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

  • Judg 21:20-24
    5 verses
    77%

    20And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,

    21And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.

    22And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

    23So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

    24Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

  • Judg 21:1
    77%

    1Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

  • Judg 20:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

    13Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

    14And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

    15And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

  • Judg 20:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.

    32And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

  • Judg 21:3
    71%

    3And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

  • Num 36:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7And so no property will be handed from tribe to tribe among the children of Israel; but every one of the children of Israel will keep the heritage of his father's tribe.

    8And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

    9And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

  • Judg 20:25
    71%

    25And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

  • Judg 20:3
    71%

    3(Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.

  • Num 27:4
    70%

    4Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

  • Judg 20:39
    70%

    39The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

  • Judg 20:10
    70%

    10And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

  • Num 36:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

    4And at the time of the Jubilee of the children of Israel, their property will be joined to the heritage of the tribe of which they are part and will be taken away from the heritage of the tribe of our fathers.

  • Judg 20:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

    36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

  • Josh 17:4
    70%

    4And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

  • Num 1:37
    69%

    37Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.

  • 1 Sam 10:20
    69%

    20So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

  • Judg 20:17
    69%

    17And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

  • Judg 20:42
    69%

    42So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

  • Josh 18:2
    69%

    2But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.

  • Josh 21:17
    69%

    17And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;

  • Josh 17:6
    69%

    6Because the daughters of Manasseh had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of the other sons of Manasseh.

  • Josh 22:21
    69%

    21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

  • Judg 20:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

    21Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

  • Deut 25:6
    69%

    6Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

  • Num 27:9
    68%

    9And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.

  • Deut 18:2
    68%

    2And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.