Judges 21
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Judges 21:16-21

16Then the eldersH2205 of the congregationH5712 saidH559, “WhatH4310 shall we doH6213 for wivesH802 for those who are leftH3498, sinceH3588 the womenH802 are destroyedH8045 out of BenjaminH1144?” 17They saidH559, “There must be an inheritanceH3425 for the survivorsH6413 of BenjaminH1144, soH3808 that a tribeH7626 will not be blottedH4229 out from IsraelH3478. 18But we cannotH3201H3808 giveH5414 them wivesH802 of our daughtersH1323.” For the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 1had swornH7650, sayingH559, “CursedH779 is he who givesH5414 a wifeH802 to BenjaminH1144.”

19So they saidH559, “BeholdH2009, there is a feastH2282 of the LordH3068 from yearH3117 to yearH3117 in 2ShilohH7887, whichH834 is on the northH6828 sideH6828 of BethelH1008, on the eastH4217H8121 sideH4217H8121 of the highwayH4546 that goesH5927 up from BethelH1008 to ShechemH7927, and on the southH5045 sideH5045 of LebonahH3829.” 20And they commandedH6680 the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, “GoH1980 and lieH693 in waitH693 in the vineyardsH3754, 21and watchH7200; and beholdH2009, ifH518 the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887 comeH3318 out to 34takeH2342 partH2342 in the dancesH4246, then you shall comeH3318 out of the vineyardsH3754 and eachH376 of you shall catchH2414 his wifeH802 from the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887, and goH1980 to the landH776 of BenjaminH1144.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 21:18 Judg 21:1 ↩
  2. 2. Judges 21:19 Josh 18:1; Judg 18:31; 1 Sam 1:3 ↩
  3. 3. Judges 21:21 Lit dance ↩
  4. 4. Judges 21:21 Ex 15:20; Judg 11:34 ↩

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