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 [a]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.

20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

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