Judges 21:18-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁸ “However, we may not give them wives from our daughters.” For the children of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”

¹⁹ Therefore they said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD every year in Shiloh (which is on the northern side of Bethel and on the eastern side of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem and to the south of Lebonah).”

²⁰ Therefore, they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards.