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18 But we cannot allow our daughters to marry them. We have made this promise: ‘Anyone who gives a wife to a man of Benjamin is cursed.’ 19 We have an idea! There is a yearly festival of the Lord at Shiloh. Shiloh is north of the city of Bethel. It is east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem. And it is south of the city of Lebonah.”

20 So the elders told the men of Benjamin about their idea. They said, “Go and hide in the vineyards.

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18 We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:(A) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives(B) a wife to a Benjamite.’ 19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(C) which lies north of Bethel(D), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(E) and south of Lebonah.”

20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards

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