17 And they said, There must be [a]an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

19 Therefore they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord every year in Shiloh, in a place, which is on the [b]North side of Bethel, and on the East side of the way that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the South of Lebonah.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:17 Benjamin must be reserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob.
  2. Judges 21:19 He describeth the place where the maids used yearly to dance as the manner then was, and to sing Psalms and songs of God’s works among them.

Bible Gateway Recommends