Shìshījì 21:21

21 Ruò kànjian Shìluó de nǚzi chūlai tiàowǔ , jiù cóng pútaóyuán chūlai , zaì Shìluó de nǚzi zhōng gè qiǎng yī gè wèi qī, huí Biànyǎmǐn dì qù .

Shìshījì 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:21

And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to
dance in dances
As they used to do at this festival, not along with men, but by themselves; and so might the more easily be taken and carried off; and though only males were obliged to appear from all parts at this feast, yet females might come if they would; and, no doubt, from neighbouring places, at least many did; however, the daughters of Shiloh, who dwelt where the tabernacle was, these always attended the feast with demonstrations of joy, and among the rest with dancing, and that as expressive of spiritual and religious joy, as in the case of Miriam, and the Israelitish women, ( Exodus 15:20 ) and as in latter times the most religious men used to express their joy at this feast; now the two hundred men in the vineyards, which lay near the field where these virgins used to dance at this time, were to watch and observe when they came out of the city thither, and were engaged in such an exercise:

then come ye out of the yards, and catch you every man his wife of the
daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin;
they are directed to rush out at once upon them, as they were dancing, secure, as they thought, from molestation and danger; and they were to take everyone one, not more, and go off directly with them to their own tribe.

Shìshījì 21:21 In-Context

19 Tāmen yòu shuō , zaì lì bō ná yǐ nán , Bótèlì yǐ bĕi , zaì Shìjiàn dà lù Yǐdōng de Shìluó , nián nián yǒu Yēhéhuá de jiéqī .

20 Jiù fēnfu Biànyǎmǐn rén shuō , nǐmen qù , zaì pútaóyuán zhōng máifu .

21 Ruò kànjian Shìluó de nǚzi chūlai tiàowǔ , jiù cóng pútaóyuán chūlai , zaì Shìluó de nǚzi zhōng gè qiǎng yī gè wèi qī, huí Biànyǎmǐn dì qù .

22 Tāmende fùqin huò shì dìxiōng ruò lái yǔ wǒmen zhēngjing , wǒmen jiù shuō , qiú nǐmen kàn wǒmen de qíngmian , shī ēn gĕi zhèxie rén , yīn wǒmen zaì zhēng zhàn de shíhou méiyǒu gĕi tāmen liú xià nǚzi wèi qī . zhè yĕ bú shì nǐmen jiāng nǚzi gĕi tāmende . ruò shì nǐmen gĕi de , jiù suàn yǒu zuì .

23 Yúshì Biànyǎmǐn rén zhàoyàng ér xíng , àn zhe tāmende shùmù cóng tiàowǔ de nǚzi zhōng qiǎng qù wèi qī , jiù huí zìjǐ de ì yè qù , yòu chóng xiū chéngyì jūzhù .