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Judges 19 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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A Levite's Concubine Degraded

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite [fn]staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for a period of four months.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - Then her husband arose and went after her to speak [fn]tenderly to her in order to bring her back, [fn]taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he [fn]prepared to go; and the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Sustain [fn]yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7 - Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain [fn]yourself, and wait until [fn]afternoon”; so both of them ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn [fn]to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is [fn]coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go [fn]home.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant said to his master, “Please come, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - However, his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will go on as far as Gibeah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - He said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - They turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When [fn]they entered, [fn]they sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 - Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was [fn]staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to [fn]my house, and no man will take me into his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - The old man said, “Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - While they were [fn]celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain [fn]worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have [fn]relations with him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them [fn]whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - [fn]As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until full daylight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 - He said to her, “Get up and let us go,” but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his [fn]home.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:30 - All who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!”
NASB95 Footnotes
Or, sojourning
Literally: to her heart
Literally: and
Literally: arose
Literally: your heart
Literally: your heart
Literally: the day declines
Literally: toward evening
Literally: declining
Literally: to your tent
So with Gr; M.T. he
Or, sojourning
Hebrew: the house of the LORD, cf v 29
I.e. my concubine
Literally: making their hearts merry
Literally: sons of Belial
Literally: intercourse
Literally: the good in your eyes
Literally: At the turning of the morning
Literally: place
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