Judges 21:19 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 21:19

“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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Then they said,.... Some of the elders that sat in council debating this matter, and considering of ways and means to assist their brethren the Benjaminites, and preserve their tribe from being lost: behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly; where the tabernacle then was, and before which the males of Israel were obliged to appear three times of the year; and this was one of them, as is clear by its being called a feast of the Lord; and therefore cannot design any civil festival or fair kept for trade and commerce.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The Feast was probably the Passover, or one of the three great Jewish Feasts. In these unsettled times men went up to Shiloh (Seilun) only once a year 1Sa 1:3 instead of thrice; only the males kept the Feasts, and therefore the virgins of Shiloh would naturally be the only maidens present, and the public festival would be a likely occasion for their festive dances. It is, however, possible that some particular feast unique to Shiloh is meant, like the yearly sacrifice of David’s family in Bethlehem 1Sa 20:29.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
הִנֵּה֩	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
חַג־	chag-	[the] festival of	H2282 →
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּשִׁל֜וֹ	be.shi.Lo	[is] in Shiloh	H7887 →
מִיָּמִ֣ים׀	mi.ya.Mim	from days	H3117 →
יָמִ֗ימָה	ya.Mi.mah	days towards	H3117 →
אֲשֶׁ֞ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה	mi.tze.Fo.nah	[is] from north -ward	H6828 →
לְבֵֽית־	le.veit-	of Beth-	H1008 →
אֵל֙	'el	-el	H1008 →
מִזְרְחָ֣ה	miz.re.Chah	[the] rising of towards	H4217 →
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ	ha.She.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
לִמְסִלָּ֔ה	lim.si.Lah	of [the] highway	H4546 →
הָעֹלָ֥ה	ha.'o.Lah	which goes up	H5927 →
מִבֵּֽית־	mi.beit-	from Beth-	H1008 →
אֵ֖ל	'el	-el	H1008 →
שְׁכֶ֑מָה	she.Khe.mah	Shechem towards	H7927 →
וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב	u.mi.Ne.gev	and from [the] south	H5045 →
לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃	lil.vo.Nah	to Lebonah	H3829 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 5:1
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:16
  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…
- Exodus 23:14–17
  Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Leviticus 23:2–4
  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Exodus 34:23
  Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Through
Leviticus 23:4
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
leads to
- Exodus 23:14
  Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Leviticus 23:37
  These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated…
Through
Numbers 28:26
On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular…
leads to
- Exodus 34:22
  And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Exodus 23:16
  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,…

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