Judges 21:17

In 11 translations

BSB

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

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.

WEB

They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

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.

LSV

And they say, “A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

YLT

And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

DBY

And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.

DRC

And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

GNV

And they saide, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

JPS

And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

LXXE

And they said, There must be an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and so a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπαν, κληρονομία διασωζομένων τῶν Βενιαμίν· καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται φυλὴ ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ,

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• Numbers 26:55Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
• Numbers 36:7No 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.

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