Judges 21
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Judges 21:19-22

19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of Yhwh in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.123

20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.4

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 21:19 yearly: Heb. from year to year. ↩
  2. 2. Judges 21:19 on the east…: or, toward the sunrising. ↩
  3. 3. Judges 21:19 of the highway: or, on the highway. ↩
  4. 4. Judges 21:22 Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them. ↩

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