Judges 21:7

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Cross-reference

Judges 21:1 Citation

Judges 21:1 records the oath not to give daughters to Benjamin, which verse 7 directly references as the problem for providing wives.

Judges 21:18 repeats the same oath with a curse, reinforcing the dilemma verse 7 faces about finding wives for the remnant.

In Judges 21:22, the elders devise a loophole to the oath by having Benjamites seize wives from Shiloh, directly resolving the problem stated in verse 7.

Leviticus 5:4 Related theme

In Leviticus 5:4, the law addresses rash oaths — the Israelites here are trapped by their own rash vow not to give daughters to Benjamin.