Judges 21:18-20

New English Translation

¹⁸ But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them,^[a] for the Israelites took an oath, saying, ‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed.’^{[b] 19} However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.” ²⁰ So they commanded the Benjaminites, “Go hide in the vineyards,