7 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?” 8 So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly. 9 For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
Judges 21:7–9
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Judges 21:15–17
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Judges 21:2–4
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Judges 20:11–13
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Judges 20:2–4
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Numbers 31:14–16
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Joshua 18:1–3
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Numbers 1:46–48
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