¹⁸ Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” ^(A)For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”

Wives Provided for the Tribe of Benjamin

21 Now the men of Israel had sworn ^(A)at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”

³⁵ And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, ^(A)and I cannot take back my vow.”