Judges 21:17 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 21:17

They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

BSB

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ASV

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

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.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	vai.Yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת	ye.ru.Shat	a possession of	H3425 →
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה	pe.lei.Tah	[the] escaped remnant	H6413 →
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן	le.vin.ya.Min	[belongs] to Benjamin	H1144 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִמָּחֶ֥ה	yi.ma.Cheh	it will be wiped out	H4229 →
שֵׁ֖בֶט	She.vet	a tribe	H7626 →
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	mi.Yis.ra.'El	from Israel	H3478 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 26:55
Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
leads to
- Numbers 34:13
  So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
- Numbers 33:54
  And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one…
- Joshua 14:2
  Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Joshua 11:23
  So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…
- Proverbs 18:18
  Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
Through
Numbers 36:7
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 21:3
  But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
- Numbers 36:9
  No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

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