- 會中的長老說、便雅憫中的女子既然除滅了、我們當怎樣辦理、使那餘剩的人有妻呢。
- 又說、便雅憫逃脫的人當有地業、免得以色列中塗抹了一個支派。
- 只是我們不能將自己的女兒給他們為妻、因為以色列人曾起誓說、有將女兒給便雅憫人為妻的、必受咒詛。
- 他們又說、在利波拿以南、伯特利以北、在示劍大路以東的示羅、年年有耶和華的節期。
- 就吩咐便雅憫人說、你們去、在葡萄園中埋伏、
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- And the elders of the assembly said, "With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?
- The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- We can't give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.'
- But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, to the north of Bethel, and east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of Lebonah."
- So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, "Go and hide in the vineyards
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