- 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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- Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
- They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.
- "But we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
- So they said, "Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah."
- And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
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