Judges 21:20
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New International Version (©2011)
So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, "Go and hide in the vineyards

New Living Translation (©2007)
They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, "Go and hide in the vineyards.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then they commanded the Benjaminites: "Go and hide in the vineyards.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they told the descendants of Benjamin, "Go and hide in the vineyards.

NET Bible (©2006)
So they commanded the Benjaminites, "Go hide in the vineyards,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So they told the men of Benjamin, "Hide in the vineyards and

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

American King James Version
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

American Standard Version
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,

Darby Bible Translation
And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

English Revised Version
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

Young's Literal Translation
And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go -- and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin,.... The two hundred men of the tribe that wanted wives; they ordered them as follows, and which they spake with authority, being the elders of the congregation, Judges 21:16.

saying, go and lie in wait in the vineyards; which might belong to Shiloh, or it may be to Lebonah, which perhaps is the same with Bethlaban, famous for its wine with the Misnic writers; who say (g) the second places for wine are Bethrimah and Bethlaban; and I suspect that Bethrimah is the same with Bethrimmon, near which was the rock Rimmon these men were in; now this being the time of year when the vintage was just over, the vines were full of branches and leaves, under which the men might the better hide themselves; and the grapes being gathered, there were no men in the vineyards, and so might lie in wait safely, and under cover.

(g) Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 6.

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Provision for Benjamin's Survival
…19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. …

Judges 21:19 But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."
Judges 21:21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.