They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
- BSB They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- ESV And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- NKJV And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.
- NASB And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.
- NLT There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
- Num 36:7So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
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