17. And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.
18. However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”
19. Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20. Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards,