Certainly the land is to be divided by lot. They will inherit it according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
Judges 21:17 - Tree of Life Version They said “The survivors of Benjamin must have heirs, so that a tribe would not be blotted out from Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they said, There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe shall not be wiped out of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. Common English Bible There must be a surviving line for those who remain from Benjamin,” they continued, “so that a tribe won’t be erased from Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. |
Certainly the land is to be divided by lot. They will inherit it according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
So no inheritance may be passed from tribe to tribe among Bnei-Yisrael—each one of Bnei-Yisrael will each keep the inheritance of the tribe of his ancestors.
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who are left, since the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?”
Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters,” for Bnei-Yisrael had sworn saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin!”