17 They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
Judges 21:17
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Judges 21:5–7
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Judges 21:1–2
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Judges 20:12–14
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Numbers 36:2–4
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Numbers 27:3–5
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Numbers 36:7–9
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Judges 21:21–23
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Deuteronomy 25:5–7
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