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Judges 21:17-21

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,

Judges 21:21

and watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards, and each of you shall seize his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.