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Judges 21:19-22

19Then theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֡וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Behold, there is afeastחַג־chag-H2282of theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068inShilohבְּשִׁל֜וֹbe.shi.LoH7887yearlyH3117in a place which is on the northsideמִצְּפ֤וֹנָהmi.tze.Fo.nahH6828ofBethelH1008, on the eastsideמִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁmiz.re.Chah ha.She.meshH4217 H8121of thehighwayלִמְסִלָּ֔הlim.si.LahH4546that goethupהָעֹלָ֥הha.'o.LahH5927fromBethelH1008toShechemשְׁכֶ֑מָהshe.Khe.mahH7927, and on thesouthוּמִנֶּ֖גֶבu.mi.Ne.gevH5045ofLebonahלִלְבוֹנָֽה׃lil.vo.NahH3829.

20Therefore theycommandedוַיְצַוּ֕וּvay.tzavH6680thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofBenjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinH1144,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,GoH3212and lie inwaitוַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םva.'a.rav.TemH693in thevineyardsבַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ba.ke.ra.MimH3754;

21Andseeוּרְאִיתֶ֗םu.re.'i.TemH7200, and, behold, if thedaughtersבְנוֹת־ve.not-H1323ofShilohשִׁילוֹ֮shi.LoH7887comeoutיֵ֨צְא֥וּye.tze.'UH3318todanceלָח֣וּלla.ChulH2342indancesבַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ba.me.cho.lOtH4246, then come yeoutוִֽיצָאתֶם֙vi.tza.TemH3318of thevineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754, andcatchוַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥םva.cha.taf.TemH2414you everymanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofShilohשִׁיל֑וֹshi.LoH7887, andgoוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980to thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

22And it shall be, when theirfathersאֲבוֹתָם֩'a.vo.TamH1or theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם'a.chei.HemH251comeיָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uH935to us tocomplainלָרִ֣יבla.rovH7378, that we willsayוְאָמַ֤רְנוּve.'a.Mar.nuH559to them, Befavourableחָנּ֣וּנוּcha.Nu.nuH2603to them for our sakes: because wereservedלָקַ֛חְנוּla.Kach.nuH3947not to eachmanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802in thewarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421: for ye did notgiveנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414to them at thistimeכָּעֵ֥תka.'EtH6256, that ye should beguiltyתֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ סte'.Sha.muH816.

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