New American Standard Bible 1995

Judges 21:20-23

20And they commandedוַיְצַוּ֕וּvay.tzavH6680the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinH1144,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “Goלְכ֖וּle.KhuH1980and lieוַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םva.'a.rav.TemH693in waitH693in the vineyardsבַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ba.ke.ra.MimH3754,

21and watchוּרְאִיתֶ֗םu.re.'i.TemH7200;and beholdוְ֠הִנֵּהVe.hi.nehH2009,ifאִם־'im-H518the daughtersבְנוֹת־ve.not-H1323of Shilohשִׁילוֹ֮shi.LoH7887comeיֵ֨צְא֥וּye.tze.'UH3318out totakeH2342partH2342in the dancesבַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ba.me.cho.lOtH4246,then you shall comeוִֽיצָאתֶם֙vi.tza.TemH3318out of the vineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754and eachאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of you shall catchוַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥םva.cha.taf.TemH2414his wifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802from the daughtersמִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.NotH1323of Shilohשִׁיל֑וֹshi.LoH7887,and goוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980to the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

22It shall comeוְהָיָ֡הve.ha.YahH1961about, whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588their fathersאֲבוֹתָם֩'a.vo.TamH1orא֨וֹ'oH176their brothersאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם'a.chei.HemH251comeיָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uH935to complainלָרִ֣יבla.rovH7378to us, that we shall sayוְאָמַ֤רְנוּve.'a.Mar.nuH559to them, ‘GiveH2603them to us voluntarilyH2603,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588we did not takeלָקַ֛חְנוּla.Kach.nuH3947for eachH376manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of Benjamina wifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802in battleבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421,norכִּ֣יkiH3588 H3808did you giveנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414them to them, elseyou would nowכָּעֵ֥תka.'EtH6256be guiltyתֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ סte'.Sha.muH816.’”

23The sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֔ןvin.ya.MinH1144didוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵן֙khenH3651,and tookוַיִּשְׂא֤וּvai.yis.'UH5375wivesנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802according to their numberלְמִסְפָּרָ֔םle.mis.pa.RamH4557from those who dancedהַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹתha.me.cho.le.LotH2342,whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834they carriedH1497awayH1497.And they wentוַיֵּלְכ֗וּvai.ye.le.KhuH1980and returnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725to their inheritanceנַ֣חֲלָתָ֔םna.cha.la.TamH5159andrebuiltוַיִּבְנוּ֙vai.yiv.NuH1129the citiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892and livedוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in them.

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