Judges 21:17

New King James Version

And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.

Cross References

Numbers 26:55

But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

Numbers 36:7

So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not change hands from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Judges 21:16

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Judges 21:18

However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”