Judges 21:1-7

The men of Israel had bound themselves by an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” And then the people came to Bethel and sat until evening before God, and they raised their voice with groaning and great weeping. They said, “YAHWEH, the true God of Israel, we have lost one of our own tribes today. Why has this happened to Israel?” When the next day dawned, the people got up early, built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the Israelites asked one another, “Which tribe of Israel failed to appear in our assembly before YAHWEH?” Under the terms of their solemn oath, whoever did not come before YAHWEH at Mizpah should be put to death. Even so, the Israelites had compassion for their brothers of the tribe of Benjamin and were grieved deeply over their loss. They lamented, “One of our tribes has been eliminated from Israel this day. How can we provide wives for the few survivors since we have sworn by YAHWEH that we will not give any of our daughters as wives for them?”