Judges 21:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 21:1 : 1 600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 21:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.

    6The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!

    7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

  • Judg 21:1
    88%

    1600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

  • Judg 21:12-17
    6 verses
    81%

    12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins who had never been intimate with a man in bed. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

    13The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.

    14The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.

    15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.

    16The leaders of the assembly said,“How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

    17The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

  • Judg 21:19-23
    5 verses
    80%

    19However, there is an annual festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel(east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”

    20So they commanded the Benjaminites,“Go hide in the vineyards,

    21and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.

    22When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”

    23The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down.

  • Neh 10:30
    74%

    30“We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • Gen 24:3
    72%

    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

  • Neh 13:25
    72%

    25So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying,“You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

  • Josh 9:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

    19but all the leaders told the whole community,“We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!

    20We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

  • Gen 34:14
    72%

    14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

  • Judg 3:6
    71%

    6They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

  • Judg 20:12-14
    3 verses
    71%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying,“How could such a wicked thing take place?

    13Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

    14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

  • Gen 34:16
    70%

    16Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

  • Num 36:8
    70%

    8And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers.

  • Ezra 9:12
    70%

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

  • Gen 34:21
    70%

    21“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Jer 16:2
    70%

    2“Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.

  • Ezek 44:22
    69%

    22They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

  • Gen 34:9
    69%

    9Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

  • Judg 20:3
    68%

    3The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said,“Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

  • Gen 31:50
    68%

    50If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.”

  • Judg 20:25
    68%

    25The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.

  • Gen 28:1
    68%

    1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

  • Lev 21:7
    68%

    7They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.