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heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they said, <i>There must be</i> an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they said, “<i>There must be</i> an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they said, “<i>There must be</i> an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They said, &#8220There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they said, “<i>There must be</i> an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they said, “<i>There must be</i> a possession for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They said, “<i>There must be</i> an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They said, &#8220There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If they don't have children, one of the Israelite tribes will die out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Some said, "Benjamin's men who survived must be allowed to have families. No tribe of Israel should be wiped out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel must not lose one of its twelve tribes. We must find a way for the tribe of Benjamin to survive, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They continued, "Let's make sure that there's an inheritance for the survivors of the tribe of Benjamin, so that a tribe won't be blotted out from Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They added, ?There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They said, "How will an inheritance remain for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they say, “A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will say, An inheritance for the escaped to Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be destroyed from Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, in order that a tribe may not be blotted out from Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they said, The remnant of Benjamin must be spared, that a tribe may not be missing from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they said: “A remnant of Benyamin shall be left and we shall not forget a tribe of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they said, <i>There must be</i> an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and <i>so</i> a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/21-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=6561" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/21.htm">Wives for the Benjamites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">They added,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3425.htm" title="3425: yə·ruš·šaṯ (N-fsc) -- Possession, inheritance. From yarash; something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony.">“There must be heirs</a> <a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="6413: pə·lê·ṭāh (N-fs) -- An escape. Or pletah; feminine of paliyt; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion.">for the survivors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1144.htm" title="1144: lə·ḇin·yā·min (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- From ben and yamiyn; son of right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Benjamin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šê·ḇeṭ (N-ms) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">so that a tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: mî·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: yim·mā·ḥeh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">be wiped out.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Numbers 36:7-9</a></span><br />No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. / Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers. / No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-6</a></span><br />When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. / The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Ruth 4:10</a></span><br />Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Genesis 38:8-9</a></span><br />Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.” / But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">1 Samuel 9:21</a></span><br />Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-7.htm">2 Samuel 14:7</a></span><br />Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/2-59.htm">Ezra 2:59-63</a></span><br />The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: / the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all. / And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Nehemiah 7:61-65</a></span><br />The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: / the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all. / And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1</a></span><br />In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24</a></span><br />“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-19.htm">Mark 12:19</a></span><br />“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Luke 20:28</a></span><br />“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a></span><br />A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">an inheritance</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-55.htm">Numbers 26:55</a></b></br> Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Numbers 36:7</a></b></br> So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/21-16.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">Benjamite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Blotted</a> <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/judges/12-5.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-24.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/judges/21-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/8-30.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Party</a> <a href="/judges/11-23.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/judges/5-13.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/10-20.htm">Wiped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/21-18.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/judges/21-18.htm">Benjamite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-5.htm">Blotted</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-16.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/job/3-16.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-2.htm">Heirs</a> <a href="/judges/21-23.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/judges/21-18.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ruth/4-12.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/ruth/4-7.htm">Party</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-15.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/ruth/1-9.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-2.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/judges/21-24.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-18.htm">Wiped</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/21-1.htm">The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/21-8.htm">By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they provide them four hundred wives.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/21-16.htm">They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They added,</b><br>This phrase indicates a continuation of a previous discussion or decision. The context is the aftermath of a civil war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other Israelite tribes. The leaders of Israel are deliberating on how to address the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin. This reflects the communal decision-making process typical in ancient Israel, where leaders and elders would gather to resolve critical issues.<p><b>“There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin,</b><br>The concern for heirs underscores the importance of lineage and inheritance in ancient Israelite society. The preservation of family lines was crucial, as it was tied to land inheritance and the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs. The tribe of Benjamin, being one of the twelve tribes of Israel, held a significant place in the covenant community. The leaders recognized the need to ensure the tribe's continuity, reflecting the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness to His people.<p><b>so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.</b><br>The potential loss of an entire tribe highlights the gravity of the situation. Each tribe represented a unique part of the nation of Israel, and the loss of one would mean a breach in the unity and completeness of the people of God. This concern for tribal preservation is consistent with the biblical emphasis on the unity and diversity within the body of Israel. Theologically, it points to the idea that every part of God's people is essential, a theme echoed in the New Testament's depiction of the Church as the body of Christ, where each member is vital to the whole.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The collective tribes of Israel who are seeking a solution to preserve the tribe of Benjamin after a civil war.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tribe_of_benjamin.htm">The Tribe of Benjamin</a></b><br>One of the twelve tribes of Israel, nearly annihilated due to a conflict with the other tribes.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly_at_mizpah.htm">The Assembly at Mizpah</a></b><br>The gathering of the Israelites where they sought guidance and made decisions regarding the future of Benjamin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_civil_war.htm">The Civil War</a></b><br>A devastating conflict between the tribe of Benjamin and the other Israelite tribes, leading to Benjamin's near extinction.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inheritance.htm">The Inheritance</a></b><br>The focus of the verse, emphasizing the need to preserve the tribal inheritance and identity of Benjamin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_and_unity.htm">The Importance of Community and Unity</a></b><br>The Israelites' concern for Benjamin highlights the value of each member within the community of faith. We are called to support and preserve unity within the body of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>Despite human failure and conflict, God's plan for His people remains steadfast. We can trust in His faithfulness to fulfill His promises in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_inheritance_in_identity.htm">The Role of Inheritance in Identity</a></b><br>Just as the inheritance was crucial for Benjamin's identity, our spiritual inheritance in Christ defines who we are. We should live in a way that reflects our identity as children of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_redemption.htm">Restoration and Redemption</a></b><br>The account of Benjamin's near extinction and subsequent restoration is a powerful reminder of God's redemptive work. No situation is beyond His ability to restore and redeem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_israelites_seek_peace_in_judges_21.htm">If the Israelites regretted their extreme oath, why didn't they seek a different resolution instead of resorting to further bloodshed (Judges 21)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_conflicting_accounts_of_jerusalem's_capture.htm">In Judges 1:8 versus 1:21, why does it say Judah captured Jerusalem but Benjamin couldn't drive out the Jebusites, leading to conflicting accounts about Jerusalem's conquest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_promote_abduction_in_judges_21_20-23.htm">Why does the text promote the abduction of women as a solution for the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 21:20-23)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_judah's_kings_follow_or_stray_from_god.htm">How did Judah's kings follow or stray from God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">There must be an inheritance.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">possession of the remnant shall be for Benjamin</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>We will leave untouched their land and possessions. "We give you leave to take the whole land of Benjamin to yourselves" (Jos. <span class= "ital">Antt. v.</span> 3, ? 12).<p><span class= "bld">That a tribe be not destroyed.</span>--Benjamin never quite recovered this crushing blow. Even though it furnished the second judge (Ehud) and the first king (Saul) to Israel, and was advantageously situated, and was often honoured by the residence of Samuel, it became a mere satellite to the more powerful tribe of Judah. Perhaps in the quiescence and permanence derived from the close association with its powerful neighbour we see in part the fulfilment of the blessing in <a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm" title="And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.">Deuteronomy 33:12</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin</span>. The passage is difficult to construe and to explain. If the words <span class="accented">There must be</span> are properly supplied in the A.V., the sense will come out more clearly if we take the word <span class="accented">inheritance</span> to mean rather <span class="accented">succession</span>, which is the idea contained in the root. <span class="accented">There must be a succession for the escaped of Benjamin</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> there must be heirs to succeed, and therefore we must find wives for them. <span class="accented">The word peleytah</span> without the article can hardly mean <span class="accented">the remnant</span>, as has been proposed, but must be defined by being taken with <span class="accented">Benjamin.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/21-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They added,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“There must be heirs</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ruš·šaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3425.htm">Strong's 3425: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something occupied, a conquest, a patrimony</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the survivors</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּלֵיטָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(pə·lê·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm">Strong's 6413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deliverance, an escaped portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Benjamin,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇin·yā·min)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1144.htm">Strong's 1144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that a tribe</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֖בֶט</span> <span class="translit">(šê·ḇeṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be wiped out.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּחֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mā·ḥeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/21-17.htm">OT History: Judges 21:17 They said There must be an inheritance (Jd Judg. 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