Judges 21:18

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'But we cannot give them wives from our own daughters, for we have sworn with a curse that anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin will be cursed.'

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  • Judg 21:1 : 1 The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, 'None of us will give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.'
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, 'Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me to my knees and made me miserable, for I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.'

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  • Judg 21:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5The Israelites asked, 'Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up to the assembly of the LORD at Mizpah?' They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

    6The Israelites grieved for Benjamin, their brother, and said, 'Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.'

    7'What can we do for the survivors to provide wives, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters?'

  • Judg 21:1
    88%

    1The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, 'None of us will give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.'

  • Judg 21:12-17
    6 verses
    81%

    12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and had not been intimate with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

    13Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace.

    14The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave them the women they had spared from Jabesh-Gilead, but there were not enough for all of them.

    15The people of Israel grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.

    16The elders of the assembly said, 'What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?'

    17They said, 'The inheritance of the survivors of Benjamin must be preserved, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.'

  • Judg 21:19-23
    5 verses
    80%

    19Then they said, 'There is a yearly festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.'

    20So they instructed the Benjaminites, 'Go and hide in the vineyards.'

    21'Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dances, rush out from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife for yourself from the daughters of Shiloh. Then return to the land of Benjamin.'

    22'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

    23So the Benjaminites did as instructed. They took wives according to their number from the dancers they had seized. Then they went back to their inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

  • Neh 10:30
    74%

    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 24:3
    72%

    3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

  • Neh 13:25
    72%

    25So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

  • Josh 9:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18But the Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole assembly grumbled against the leaders.

    19But all the leaders said to the assembly, 'We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.'

    20This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.

  • Gen 34:14
    72%

    14They said to them, "We cannot do this thing—to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

  • Judg 3:6
    71%

    6They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.

  • Judg 20:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

    13Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

  • Gen 34:16
    70%

    16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves; we will dwell among you and become one people.

  • Num 36:8
    70%

    8'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'

  • Ezra 9:12
    70%

    12So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.

  • Gen 34:21
    70%

    21"These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Jer 16:2
    70%

    2You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place.

  • Ezek 44:22
    69%

    22They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

  • Gen 34:9
    69%

    9Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

  • Judg 20:3
    68%

    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • Gen 31:50
    68%

    50If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.'

  • Judg 20:25
    68%

    25On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • Gen 28:1
    68%

    1Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, saying, 'Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.'

  • Lev 21:7
    68%

    7They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.