◄ Judges 21:20 ►
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Good News Translation
They told the Benjaminites, "Go and hide in the vineyards

New Revised Standard Version
And they instructed the Benjaminites, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

Contemporary English Version
The leaders told the men of Benjamin who still did not have wives: Go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards near the festival.

New American Bible
And they instructed the Benjaminites, “Go and set an ambush in the vineyards.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Context
Wives for the Benjamites
…19So they took counsel, and said: Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona. 20And they commanded the children of Benjamin and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,21And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin.…
Cross References
Judges 21:19
So they took counsel, and said: Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona.

Judges 21:21
And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife among them, and go into the land of Benjamin.

Judges 21:19
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