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Israel preserves a remnant of Benjamin
Israel mourned that one tribe might disappear. Wives were provided for the surviving Benjamites from Jabesh-gilead and Shiloh, and the book closes by observing that everyone did what was right in his own eyes (Judges 21:1-25).
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📖 Judges 21:1–3
1Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” 2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. 3“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
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Sources: Scripture — Judges 21:1-25
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