Judges 21:20
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
- KJV
- Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
- WEB
- They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
- ASV
- And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
- DARBY
- And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
- BLB
- And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards.
- ÅB
- Og de sa til Benjamins barn: Gå og legg dere på lur i vingårdene
- OTB
- De instruerte benjaminittene og sa: «Gå og gjem dere i vingårdene
- B1930
- Og de sa til Benjamins barn: Gå og legg eder på lur i vingårdene