15And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
16Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
17And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
18Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
19And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
21And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
