21:7a What should we do about wives for the survivors,

How will we find wives for the Benjamin men who are still alive?
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Only a few Benjamin men are still alive. Who will they marry?

21:7b since we have sworn by the LORD

⌊We cannot give them wives⌋ because we swore an oath to Yahweh
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⌊They cannot marry our daughters⌋ because we promised Yahweh

21:7c not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

that we would not let them marry our daughters.”
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not to let our daughters marry them.”

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