Judges 21:18
Seeing 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.
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- Judg 21:1 : 1 Now 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 11:35 : 35 And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.
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- Judg 21:5-73 verses89%
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.
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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 21:12-176 verses81%
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?
17And 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,
- Judg 21:19-235 verses80%
19And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
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.
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30And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
- Gen 24:37-382 verses74%
37And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
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3And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
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25And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
- Josh 9:18-203 verses72%
18And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.
19But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.
20This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
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14And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:
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6And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.
- Judg 20:12-143 verses71%
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.
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16Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.
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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.
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12So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
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21It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.
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3Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.
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2You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
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22And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
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9And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
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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.
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50If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
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25And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.
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1Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
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7They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.