Judges 21:21

to dance in the dances For the religious dance on occasions of joy cf. Exodus 32:19; 2 Samuel 6:14; Psalms 149:3; Psalms 150:4.

catch you every man his wife A legend of early Rome tells how Romulus demanded wives from the neighbouring cities for the men whom he had collected. When this was refused, he announced a festival of the god Consus at the foot of the hill he occupied. Sabines and Latins crowded to the spot with their wives and daughters, when the Roman youth rushed upon them and carried off the women to their stronghold: Livy i. 9.