17. Some said, “Benjamin’s men who survived must be allowed to have families. No tribe of Israel should be wiped out.
18. However, we can’t give them any of our daughters as wives. The people of Israel have taken an oath that whoever gives wives to the men of Benjamin is under a curse.”
19. Others said, “Every year the Lord’s festival is held at Shiloh. Shiloh is north of Bethel, east of the highway going from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20. So they told the men of Benjamin, “Hide in the vineyards and