Verse 20
Judges 19:20
Bible in Basic English
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And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הָ/אִ֤ישׁ הַ/זָּקֵן֙ שָׁל֣וֹם לָ֔/ךְ רַ֥ק כָּל מַחְסוֹרְ/ךָ֖ עָלָ֑/י רַ֥ק בָּ/רְח֖וֹב אַל תָּלַֽן
English Translation
And the old man said to you, "Peace be to you; only all your wants are upon me; only in the street do not linger."
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Chapter 19 Context
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Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts...
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And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-...
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Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking he...
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And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink...
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Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's...
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So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said...
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And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there...
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Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up...
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And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is c...
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But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jeb...
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When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go fro...
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But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not...
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And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gib...
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So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
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And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went i...
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Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the...
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And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and...
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And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country...
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But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, a...
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And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest i...
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So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food...
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While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round t...
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So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil t...
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See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them...
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But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they...
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Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her m...
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In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and h...
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And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put h...
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And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone...
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And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Is...
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