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JUD-19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no
king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on
the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of
Bethlehemjudah.
JUD-19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and
went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah,
and was there four whole months.
JUD-19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak
friendly unto her, [and] to bring her again, having his servant
with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her
father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he
rejoiced to meet him.
JUD-19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained
him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink,
and lodged there.
JUD-19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose
early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the
damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart
with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
JUD-19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them
together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be
content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart
be merry.
JUD-19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law
urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
JUD-19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to
depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I
pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat
both of them.
JUD-19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his
concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's
father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward
evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to
an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow
get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
JUD-19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up
and departed, and came over against Jebus, which [is] Jerusalem;
and [there were] with him two asses saddled, his concubine also
[was] with him.
JUD-19:11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus, the day was far spent;
and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and
let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
JUD-19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside
hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the
children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
JUD-19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw
near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in
Ramah.
JUD-19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun
went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which
[belongeth] to Benjamin.
JUD-19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in [and] to lodge
in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of
the city: for [there was] no man that took them into his house
to lodging.
JUD-19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out
of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he
sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.
JUD-19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring
man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither
goest thou? and whence comest thou?
JUD-19:18 And he said unto him, We [are] passing from
Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence
[am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to
the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me
to house.
JUD-19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses;
and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid,
and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is]
no want of any thing.
JUD-19:20 And the old man said, Peace [be] with thee; howsoever
[let] all thy wants [lie] upon me; only lodge not in the street.
JUD-19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender
unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and
drink.
JUD-19:22 [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold,
the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house
round about, [and] beat at the door, and spake to the master of
the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came
into thine house, that we may know him.
JUD-19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto
them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, [nay], I pray you,
do not [so] wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine
house, do not this folly.
JUD-19:24 Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his
concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do
with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not
so vile a thing.
JUD-19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took
his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew
her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when
the day began to spring, they let her go.
JUD-19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and
fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord [was],
till it was light.
JUD-19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the
doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the
woman his concubine was fallen down [at] the door of the house,
and her hands [were] upon the threshold.
JUD-19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But
none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the
man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
JUD-19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife,
and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with
her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts
of Israel.
JUD-19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no
such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel
came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it,
take advice, and speak [your minds].
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