But we cannot give them our own daughters as wives,” for the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
In context
16The elders of the community said, “What can we do to provide wives for the rest, since the women of Benjamin have been wiped out?” 17Then they said, “The survivors of Benjamin must have heirs, so that a tribe of Israel is not blotted out. 18But we cannot give them our own daughters as wives,” for the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.” 19Then they said, “Look — there is a yearly festival of Yahweh in Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” 20So they instructed the Benjamites: “Go and hide in the vineyards,
