Shìshījì 21:20

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

Shìshījì 21:20 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:20

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin
The two hundred men of the tribe that wanted wives; they ordered them as follows, and which they spake with authority, being the elders of the congregation, ( Judges 21:16 )

saying, go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
which might belong to Shiloh, or it may be to Lebonah, which perhaps is the same with Bethlaban, famous for its wine with the Misnic writers; who say ^F7 the second places for wine are Bethrimah and Bethlaban; and I suspect that Bethrimah is the same with Bethrimmon, near which was the rock Rimmon these men were in; now this being the time of year when the vintage was just over, the vines were full of branches and leaves, under which the men might the better hide themselves; and the grapes being gathered, there were no men in the vineyards, and so might lie in wait safely, and under cover.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 6.

Shìshījì 21:20 In-Context

18 Zhǐshì wǒmen bùnéng jiāng zìjǐ de nǚér gĕi tāmen wèi qī . yīnwei Yǐsèliè rén céng qǐshì shuō , yǒu jiāng nǚér gĕi Biànyǎmǐn rén wèi qī de , bì shòu zhòuzǔ .

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 .