21:18a But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.”

We cannot give them our daughters as their wives
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But we cannot allow our daughters to be their wives.

21:18b For the Israelites had sworn,

because we swore an oath ⌊to Yahweh⌋ . We said,
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We made a promise

21:18c “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

‘The person who gives ⌊his daughter to⌋ a Benjamin man, may he be cursed.’
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asking for a curse to come on anybody who gives a wife to one of the Benjamin men.”

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