Judges 21:17

Judges 21:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.

Context of Judges 21:17

15The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the Lord had made this gap among the tribes of Israel. 16So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead? There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out. 18But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God’s curse.” 19Then they thought of the annual festival of the Lord held in Shiloh, south of Lebonah and north of Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.

Judges 21:17 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• an inheritanceיְרֻשָּׁהyerûshshâh · possessionH3425
• for them that be escapedפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• that a tribeשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• be not destroyedמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• out of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Judges 21:17

• Numbers 26:55But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.
• Numbers 36:7None of the territorial land may pass from tribe to tribe, for all the land given to each tribe must remain within the tribe to which it was first allotted.

Commentaries on Judges 21:17

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The people grieved for Benjamin: Israel worried about the nation's division. The gap in Israel was God's doing, as the war against Benjamin was a response to God's covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. 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…Read the comment

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• Inheritance

Commentaries on Judges 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary