Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 21:19
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Judges21:19
19 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 high-way that goeth from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
On the three solemn Feasts, in which they used some honest and holy Recreations; among which; Dancing was one, Exod. 15. 20. 1 Sam. 18. 6. and 2 Sam. 6. 14. and probably it was the Feast of Tabernacles, which they did Celebrate with more than ordinary joy, Deut. 16. 13, 14, 15.
Heb. Which is on the north of Bethel. Which doth not relate to Shiloh, which was so known a place, that it was frivolous to describe it by such circumstances, even by places much less known than it self; but to the Feast, which as to that part or exercise of the Feast here especially concerned and mentioned, to wit, the Dancing of the Virgins, was not celebrated in Shiloh, but in a Neighbouring place more convenient for that purpose.
Marginal references: Heb. from year to year.; Or, towards the sun-rising.; Or, on▪
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