Judges 21:21

21:21 and keep your eyes open. ¹  When you see ²  the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, ³  jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.

Judges 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ⁴  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ⁵  They went home ⁶  to their own territory, ⁷  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “and look.”

² tn Heb “and look, when.”

³ tn Heb “in the dances.”

⁴ tn Heb “did so.”

⁵ tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

⁶ tn Heb “went and returned.”

⁷ tn Heb “inheritance.”

⁸ tn Heb “and lived in them.”