Judges 21:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ but we cannot allow them to marry our daughters, because we have put a curse on anyone who allows a Benjaminite to marry one of our daughters.”

¹⁹ Then they thought, “The yearly festival of the Lord at Shiloh is coming soon.” (Shiloh is north of Bethel, south of Lebonah, and east of the road between Bethel and Shechem.) ²⁰ They told the Benjaminites, “Go and hide in the vineyards