26 The Hebrew text has “and they said” at the beginning of the verse. For stylistic reasons the translation treats v. 17 as a continuation of the remarks of the leaders in v. 16.
27 Heb “An inheritance for the remnant belonging to Benjamin, and a tribe from Israel will not be wiped away.” The first statement lacks a verb. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “How can an inheritance remain for the remnant of Benjamin?”

In other versions

And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.

And they said, “There must be a remnant for Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

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