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.

²³ So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing,^(A) each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance^(B) and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.^(C)