21:23a The Benjamites did as instructed

So the Benjamin men did what the Israel men said.
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So the men of Benjamin did what they told them.

21:23b and carried away the number of women they needed

Each of them grabbed one to take to be his wife
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Every man took hold of a dancer and carried her off as his wife

21:23c from the dancers they caught.

while the young women were dancing.
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during the dance.

21:23b-c (reordered)

As the young women were dancing, each of the Benjaminites grabbed one to take to be his wife.

21:23d They went back to their own inheritance,

They went back to their land
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When they returned home to their land

21:23e rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

and rebuilt their towns ⌊which had been destroyed⌋ and lived in them again.
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they built the towns back where they had been and they lived there.

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