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Judges 21:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 21:16

Verse 16 of 25

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Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Judges 21:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 21:16

Theological / Devotional

How shall we do? The elders knew that these men would, of necessity, marry wives of the Canaanites. To avoid this calamity, they employed devious means to get around the letter of their oath even though they violated its spirit. Instead of courageously repudiating their vow in the first place and allowing the Benjamites to marry from the other tribes, they were led by their mistaken belief that an oath is always inviolable, to perpetrate the butchery of innocent men, women, and children.

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