שופטים 21:1-9

(1) Now the men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjaminite.” (2) The people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wailed and wept bitterly, (3) and they said, “O LORD God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that one tribe must now be missing from Israel?” (4) Early the next day, the people built an altar there, and they brought burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. (5) The Israelites asked, “Is there anyone from all the tribes of Israel who failed to come up to the assembly before the LORD?” For a solemn oath had been taken concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah: “He shall be put to death.” (6) The Israelites now relented toward their kinsmen the Benjaminites, and they said, “This day one tribe has been cut off from Israel! (7) What can we do to provide wives for those who are left, seeing that we have sworn by the LORD not to give any of our daughters to them in marriage?” (8) They inquired, “Is there anyone from the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah?” Now no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp, to the assembly. (9) For, when the roll of the troops was taken, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was present.