Coverdale(i)
1 The men of Israel had swore at Mispa, and sayde: Noman shal geue his doughter to the BenIamites to wife.
2 And the people came to the house of God (in Silo) & abode there before God vntill the euenynge, and lifte vp their voyce, and wepte sore,
3 and sayde: O LORDE God of Israel, wherfore is this come to passe in Israel this daye?
4 But on the morow the people gat the vp early, and builded there an altare, and offred burntofferinges and deedofferynges.
5 And the children of Israel sayde: Where is there eny ma of the trybes of Israel, that is not come vp with the congregacion vnto the LORDE? For there was a greate ooth made, that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the LORDE, shulde dye the deeth.
6 And the children of Israel were sory for BenIamin their brother, and sayde: This daye is there one trybe lesse in Israel.
7 How wyll we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues? For we haue sworne by the LORDE, that we wyl not geue the wyues of oure doughters.