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19 And they said, “Behold, there is a feast of YHWH in Shiloh from days to days, which is north of Bethel at the rising of the sun by the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and from the south of Lebonah.” 20 And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards. 21 And watch, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then you? shall come out from the vineyards and you? shall catch for yourselves, every man, a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to plead to us, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them, since we did not take to each man a wife in the war, for you?—you? not have given to them at this time—that you? should be guilty.’” 23 And the sons of Benjamin did so, and they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them. Judges 21:19-23, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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