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Was this a command? It was a counsel!
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Malbim (21): They stipulated that (a) each man may take only one girl, and (b) they must take them to Eretz Binyamin, lest the girls' fathers quarrel with them.
Was this a command? It was a counsel!
Malbim (21): They stipulated that (a) each man may take only one girl, and (b) they must take them to Eretz Binyamin, lest the girls' fathers quarrel with them.