Judges 21:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.” ¹⁹ So they said, “Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebo′nah.” ²⁰ And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,