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Israelites: 19 Look, there is a yearly festival of the Eternal in Shiloh, north of Bethel, to the east of the road that links Bethel to Shechem and to the south of Lebonah.

20 They told the Benjaminites to go and hide in the vineyards.

Israelites: 21 Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to participate in the dances, dash out, grab yourself a wife, and take her back home to Benjamin.

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19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(A) which lies north of Bethel(B), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(C) and south of Lebonah.”

20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing,(D) rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.

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