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Version</a> 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 Lebonah.” <a href="/bsb/judges/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” <a href="/kjv/judges/21.htm">King James Bible</a> Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. <a href="/nkjv/judges/21.htm">New King James Version</a> Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly feast of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” <a href="/nasb_/judges/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So they said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.” <a href="/nasb/judges/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> So they said, &#8220Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/judges/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So they said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.” <a href="/lsb/judges/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So they said, “Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.” <a href="/amp/judges/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So they said, “Listen, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah.” <a href="/csb/judges/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They also said, “Look, there’s an annual festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” <a href="/hcsb/judges/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They also said, &#8220Look, there&#8217s an annual festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.&#8221 <a href="/asv/judges/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. <a href="/cev/judges/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then someone suggested, "What about the LORD's Festival that takes place each year in Shiloh? It's held north of Bethel, south of Lebonah, and just east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem." <a href="/erv/judges/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. <a href="/gwt/judges/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Others said, "Every year the LORD's festival is held at Shiloh. Shiloh is north of Bethel, east of the highway going from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah." <a href="/gnt/judges/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then they thought, "The yearly festival of the LORD at Shiloh is coming soon." (Shiloh is north of Bethel, south of Lebonah, and east of the road between Bethel and Shechem.) <a href="/isv/judges/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> So they concluded, "Look, there's a festival to the LORD every year in Shiloh on the north side of Bethel, south of Lebonah and on the east side of the highway that runs from Bethel to Shechem…" <a href="/net/judges/21.htm">NET Bible</a> However, there is an annual festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah." <a href="/nheb/judges/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They said, "Look, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah." <a href="/wbt/judges/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/judges/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” <a href="/web/judges/21.htm">World English Bible</a> They said, “Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they say, “Behold, a festival of YHWH [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.” <a href="/ylt/judges/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they say, 'Lo, a festival of Jehovah is in Shiloh, from time to time, which is on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.' <a href="/slt/judges/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will say, Behold, a festival of Jehovah in Shiloh from days to days, which is from the north to the house of God, from the rising of the sun to the highway going from the house of God to Shechem, and from the south to Lebonah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is situate on the north of the city of Bethel, and on the east side of the way, that goeth from Bethel to Sichem, and on the south of the town of Lebona. <a href="/cpdv/judges/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.” <a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm">New American Bible</a> Then they thought of the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, north of Bethel, east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So they said, “Look, the yearly festival of the LORD is taking place at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, south of Lebonah. <a href="/hpbt/judges/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they said: “Behold a feast of LORD JEHOVAH has been in Shilo from time to time, from the north of Bayth Eil, from the rising of the sun, from the road going up from Bayth Eil to Shekeem from the south of Lebuna<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they said: 'Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.' <a href="/sep/judges/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they said, Lo! now there is a feast of the Lord from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Baethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Baethel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona. <a href="/parallel/judges/21-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=6577" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/21.htm">Wives for the Benjamites</a> …18But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.” 19<a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“But look,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">they said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·yā·mîm (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">“there is a yearly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mî·māh (N-mp:: 3fs) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ- (N-msc) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: bə·ši·lōw (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">in Shiloh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which is</a> <a href="/hebrew/6828.htm" title="6828: miṣ·ṣə·p̄ō·w·nāh (Prep-m:: N-fs:: 3fs) -- North. Or tsaphon; from tsaphan; properly, hidden, i.e. Dark; used only of the north as a quarter.">north</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: lə·ḇêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">of Bethel</a> <a href="/hebrew/4217.htm" title="4217: miz·rə·ḥāh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- Place of sunrise, the east. From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·še·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">east</a> <a href="/hebrew/4546.htm" title="4546: lim·sil·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A highway. From calal; a thoroughfare, literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase.">of the road</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: hā·‘ō·lāh (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">that goes up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: mib·bêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">Bethel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵe·māh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">to Shechem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5045.htm" title="5045: ū·min·ne·ḡeḇ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be parched; the south; specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.">and south</a> <a href="/hebrew/3829.htm" title="3829: lil·ḇō·w·nāh (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- A place near Shiloh. The same as lbownah; Lebonah, a place in Palestine.">of Lebonah.”</a> 20So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1-2</a> Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. / The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords. <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3</a> Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a> Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them, <a href="/1_samuel/10-8.htm">1 Samuel 10:8</a> And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.” <a href="/1_samuel/20-6.htm">1 Samuel 20:6</a> If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’ <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">2 Chronicles 8:13</a> He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a> Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. <a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Exodus 23:14-17</a> Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me. / You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed. / You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field. ... <a href="/exodus/34-23.htm">Exodus 34:23</a> Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4</a> These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-18</a> The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a> Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ... <a href="/luke/2-41.htm">Luke 2:41-42</a> Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. / And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast. <a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.a feast<a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Exodus 23:14-16</a> Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year… <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Leviticus 23:3,4,6,10,34</a> Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings… <a href="/numbers/10-10.htm">Numbers 10:10</a> Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.yearly [heb] from year to year.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/30-10.htm">Annual</a> <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/judges/20-43.htm">East</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-27.htm">Highway</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">North</a> <a href="/judges/9-33.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/judges/19-15.htm">Road</a> <a href="/judges/9-57.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/judges/21-12.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/judges/19-18.htm">Side</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">South</a> <a href="/judges/19-14.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/judges/11-40.htm">Yearly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-21.htm">Annual</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-7.htm">East</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-12.htm">Highway</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-5.htm">North</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-4.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/ruth/1-7.htm">Road</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/judges/21-21.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/ruth/2-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-5.htm">South</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-9.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/judges/21-22.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">Yearly</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 21</div>1. <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin</a> 8. <a href="/judges/21-8.htm">By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they provide them four hundred wives.</a> 16. <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the urgency and significance of the message being conveyed to the Israelites, who were seeking a solution to the problem of providing wives for the Benjamites.they said, The speakers are the leaders or elders of the Israelite tribes, who are deliberating on how to address the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin after the civil war described in the preceding chapters. Their collective decision-making reflects the communal nature of leadership in ancient Israel.there is a yearly feast to the LORD This refers to one of the three major pilgrimage festivals commanded in the Torah, likely the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), Passover, or the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot). These feasts were times of communal gathering, worship, and celebration, emphasizing the covenant relationship between God and Israel.in Shiloh, Shiloh was an important religious center in Israel during the period of the Judges. It housed the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant before the establishment of Jerusalem as the religious capital. Archaeological evidence supports Shiloh's significance, with remains indicating a long period of occupation and religious activity.which is north of Bethel Bethel was a significant city in Israel's history, associated with patriarchal narratives such as Jacob's dream (<a href="/genesis/28-10.htm">Genesis 28:10-19</a>). Its mention here helps to geographically locate Shiloh for the audience, indicating its proximity to other well-known sites.east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, This description provides a clear geographical marker, as roads were crucial for travel and trade. Shechem was another significant city, associated with Abraham and Jacob, and later a center of political and religious activity. The road's mention highlights the interconnectedness of these key locations in Israel's history.and south of Lebonah. Lebonah is less prominent in biblical narratives, but its mention here serves to further pinpoint Shiloh's location. The detailed geographical description underscores the importance of Shiloh as a central and accessible place for the Israelites to gather for worship and decision-making.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a> A significant religious center in ancient Israel where the Tabernacle was located. It was a place of worship and pilgrimage for the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a> A town in the land of Canaan, meaning "House of God." It was an important site for worship and had historical significance for the patriarchs. 3. <a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a> An ancient city of great importance in Israel's history, often associated with covenants and significant events. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lebonah.htm">Lebonah</a> A lesser-known location mentioned in the context of the geographical description of Shiloh. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_annual_feast_of_the_lord.htm">The Annual Feast of the LORD</a> A religious festival that brought the Israelites together for worship and celebration, emphasizing community and devotion to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship_centers.htm">The Importance of Worship Centers</a> Shiloh, as a central place of worship, reminds us of the importance of having dedicated spaces for communal worship and spiritual growth. <a href="/topical/g/geographical_significance_in_scripture.htm">Geographical Significance in Scripture</a> The detailed description of locations in <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19</a> highlights the importance of understanding the historical and geographical context of biblical events. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_celebration.htm">Community and Celebration</a> The annual feast at Shiloh emphasizes the value of community gatherings in worship and the celebration of God's faithfulness. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_and_commitment.htm">Covenant and Commitment</a> The connection to Shechem and Bethel reminds us of the importance of renewing our commitment to God and remembering His promises. <a href="/topical/n/navigating_difficult_times.htm">Navigating Difficult Times</a> The context of <a href="/bsb/judges/21.htm">Judges 21</a>, where Israel seeks solutions after a civil conflict, teaches us about seeking God's guidance in times of national and personal crisis.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 21</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_gathering_at_shiloh.htm">Joshua 18:1 – Is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming that “all the congregation of the children of Israel” actually gathered at Shiloh? </a> <a href="/q/do_records_confirm_shiloh's_priesthood.htm">1 Samuel 2:12–17 describes corrupt priests at Shiloh—do archaeological records confirm such a worship center and priesthood as depicted? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_early_israelites_offer_firstfruits.htm">How did early Israelites fulfill the centralized requirement of bringing firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26) before a formal temple or priesthood was consistently established? </a> <a href="/q/why_didn't_israelites_seek_peace_in_judges_21.htm">If the Israelites regretted their extreme oath, why didn’t they seek a different resolution instead of resorting to further bloodshed (Judges 21)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) A feast of the Lord in Shiloh.--It is unlikely that the reference is to a local feast; but it is impossible to say which of the three yearly feasts is meant. The most natural would be the Feast of Tabernacles. We see from <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm" title="And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.">1Samuel 1:3</a> that even among pious families the trying custom of going up to the Tabernacle three times a year had fallen into complete abeyance.A place which is on the north side of Beth-el . . .--This elaborate description of the site of Shiloh, a place which is so often mentioned elsewhere without any addition, is extremely curious. There can be little doubt that it is due to the marginal gloss of some Masoretic scribe, perhaps in the editing of the sacred books by Ezra. That it is a gloss seems clear, because it comes in as a parenthesis in the speech of the elders, and, of course, in their day such a description was needless. Indeed, it was spoken at Shiloh itself, and the site was well known to all Israel. But by the time that the story was committed to writing in the days of the kings, or finally edited in the days of Ezra, Shiloh had long been desolate, and probably the very site was unknown to thousands. Hence this very valuable and interesting description was added, which has alone enabled us to identify Shiloh in the modern Seil-n.South of Lebonah.--Lebonah, now Lubban, is not mentioned elsewhere.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - There is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly. Compare the exactly similar description, <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3, 7</a>. There is a great difference of opinion among commentators as to what feast is here meant. Hengstenberg, Keil, Delitzsch, and others think it was the passover; Bishop Patrick and others think it was the feast of tabernacles, a more joyous feast; Rosenmuller and others think it was a festival peculiar to Shiloh, after the analogy of the yearly sacrifice of the family of Jesse at Bethlehem (<a href="/1_samuel/20-29.htm">1 Samuel 20:29</a>), and more or less in accordance with <a href="/deuteronomy/12-10.htm">Deuteronomy 12:10-12</a>. It is not easy to say which view is right, but the last seems not improbable, In a place which is on the north side, etc. The words in a place are not in the Hebrew, and do not seem to be implied by the context. But the description is that of the situation of Shiloh itself, which is very exact (see 'Palestine Exploration Fund,' Map of West Palestine). Lebonah survives in el-Lubbun, about two miles north-west of Seilun, and to the west of the road to Shechem or Nablus. It seems strange that so particular a description of the situation of Shiloh should be given; but it may probably indicate that the writer lived after the tabernacle had been moved to Jerusalem, and Shiloh had relapsed into an obscure village (see <a href="/judges/20-27.htm">Judges 20:27</a>, note). The situation of the descriptive words in the Hebrew, with the pronoun which, separated from Shiloh by the word yearly, indicates that they are an explanation added by the narrator. <a href="/commentaries/judges/21-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“But look,” הִנֵּה֩ (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! they said, וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “there is a yearly מִיָּמִ֣ים ׀ (mî·yā·mîm) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day feast חַג־ (ḥaḡ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast to the LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel in Shiloh, בְּשִׁל֜וֹ (bə·ši·lōw) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim which [is] אֲשֶׁ֞ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that north מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה (miṣ·ṣə·p̄ō·w·nāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6828.htm">Strong's 6828: </a> Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter of לְבֵֽית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Bethel אֵל֙ (’êl) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah east הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ (haš·še·meš) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement of the road לִמְסִלָּ֔ה (lim·sil·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4546.htm">Strong's 4546: </a> A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase that goes up הָעֹלָ֥ה (hā·‘ō·lāh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively from מִבֵּֽית־ (mib·bêṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Bethel אֵ֖ל (’êl) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah to Shechem, שְׁכֶ֑מָה (šə·ḵe·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor and south וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב (ū·min·ne·ḡeḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5045.htm">Strong's 5045: </a> South country, the Negeb, south of Lebonah.” לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃ (lil·ḇō·w·nāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3829.htm">Strong's 3829: </a> Lebonah -- a place near Shiloh <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">OT History: Judges 21:19 They said Behold there is a feast (Jd Judg. 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