Judges 21 · Verse 17

Judges 21:17

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Judges 21:17, King James Version

Judges 21:17 in other translations

BSBThey added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
WEBThey said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
ASVAnd they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
YLTAnd they say, ‘A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
DARBYAnd they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
BBEAnd they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
WebsterAnd they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

What does Judges 21:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin--As they were the only rightful owners of the territory, provision must be made for transmitting it to their legitimate heirs, and a new act of violence was meditated (Jud 21:19); the opportunity for which was afforded by the approaching festival--a feast generally supposed to be the feast of tabernacles. This, like the other annual feasts, was held in Shiloh, and its celebration was attended with more social hilarity and holiday rejoicings than the other feasts.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Judges 21:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
יְרֻשַּׁ֥תye.ru.Shata possession ofH3425
פְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.Tah[the] escaped remnantH6413
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןle.vin.ya.Min[belongs] to BenjaminH1144
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִמָּחֶ֥הyi.ma.Chehit will be wiped outH4229
שֵׁ֖בֶטShe.veta tribeH7626
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃mi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 21:17

  • Numbers 26:55

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

  • Numbers 36:7

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
an inheritance.
Nu 26:55; 36:7

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Context

  • Judges 21:16

    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 21:17

    And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

  • Judges 21:18

    Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

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Judges 21:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijeron: La heredad de los que han escapado ha de ser lo que era de Benjamín, porque no sea una tribu raída de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils dirent: Il faut une possession pour ceux de Benjamin qui sont réchappés, afin qu’une tribu ne soit pas effacée d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sprachen: Ein Besitztum soll sein für die Entronnenen von Benjamin, damit nicht ein Stamm aus Israel ausgetilgt werde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et magna nobis cura, ingentique studio providendum est, ne una tribus deleatur ex Israël.