Scripture · Old Testament
Judges 21:20
Judges 21:20 is verse 20 of Judges chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
King James Version
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
World English Bible
They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
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Judges 21:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
19 “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20 So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
21 and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
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