“Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.”
Israel's oath forbids intermarriage with Benjamin, effectively excommunicating the tribe. This oath prevents Benjamin's biological survival. The restriction on female marriage is absolute: no Israelite woman can become a Benjamite wife. This oath transforms military victory into social death.
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