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Judges 21:16-20

Judges 21:16

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What are we to do for wives for those who are left, since the women have been eliminated from Benjamin?”

Judges 21:17

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

Judges 21:18

But we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin!”

Judges 21:19

So they said, “Behold, there is a feast of the Lord from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.”

Judges 21:20

And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,