Judges 21:20-25
Judges 21:20-25 TPT
And they instructed the Benjamites, “Go and hide in the vineyards. Watch for the young women of Shiloh to come out for their dances. When they come out of the vineyards, grab one of the young women of Shiloh to be your wife. Then go and live in your tribal land of Benjamin. If their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we’ll tell them, ‘Do us this favor, please. Grant us permission for the Benjamites to keep them as wives because in battle we didn’t seize them from you. And since you didn’t give them to us, you’re not guilty of breaking your oath.’ ” So the Benjamites took as many wives as there were men from among the dancers, and they carried them away. Then they returned to their own territory and rebuilt towns to live in. The Israelites dispersed by tribes and families, and they went out from there to their own territories. In those days, Israel had no king, and everyone did whatever they wanted to do.