21:16a Then the elders of the congregation said,

Then the leaders of the group said,
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Then the older men in the gathering ⌊gave some advice⌋ . They said,

21:16b “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

“All their women have died. How are we going to give wives to the remaining men?
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“We killed all the women of Benjamin. Now we must find a way to give wives to the Benjamin men.

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