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[15] And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
[16]Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
[17] And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
[18] Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
[19] So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebo'nah."
[20] And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
[21] and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
[22] And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, `Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"
[23] And the Benjaminites did so, and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns, and dwelt in them.
[24] And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
[25]In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:15-25
Need a wife? Abduct a virgin!
However, be prepared because you'll have to pay her father fifty shekels of silver as compensation (Deuteronomy 22:28-29). If a shekel is ~11 grams then I think that comes out to ~$600, so have the cash on hand.
[16]Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
[17] And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
[18] Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
[19] So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebo'nah."
[20] And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
[21] and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
[22] And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, `Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"
[23] And the Benjaminites did so, and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns, and dwelt in them.
[24] And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
[25]In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:15-25
Need a wife? Abduct a virgin!
However, be prepared because you'll have to pay her father fifty shekels of silver as compensation (Deuteronomy 22:28-29). If a shekel is ~11 grams then I think that comes out to ~$600, so have the cash on hand.
Huh, God?
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