And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
Y cuando sus padres o hermanos vengan a nosotros a quejarse, les diremos: 'Por favor, tengan compasión de ellos por nosotros, porque no conseguimos una esposa para cada hombre durante la guerra. Y como ustedes no les dieron sus hijas voluntariamente, no serán culpables de romper su juramento.'
Los ancianos planearon justificar el rapto de las mujeres argumentando que no violaba el juramento porque no fueron entregadas voluntariamente.
📚 Contexto Histórico
In the Book of Judges, during a time of tribal conflicts in ancient Israel, the other tribes had waged war against the tribe of Benjamin over a grave moral offense, nearly wiping them out and then realizing they needed to preserve Benjamin's lineage. The Israelites had sworn an oath not to give their daughters as wives to the Benjamites, leading to a desperate plan to let the Benjamites seize women from a festival at Shiloh to rebuild their tribe. This verse outlines how the leaders would respond to complaints from the families of the taken women, by appealing for mercy since they hadn't directly violated the oath during the war.
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