Verse 1
Judges 19:1
World English Bible, British Edition
1
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite
living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem
Judah.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִי֙ בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֔ם וּ/מֶ֖לֶךְ אֵ֣ין בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י גָּ֚ר בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַ/יִּֽקַּֽח ל/וֹ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִ/בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה
English Translation
And it was in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite was staying in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, and he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah.
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Chapter 19 Context
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In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite
living on the farther si...
2
His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him
to her father’s house to Bet...
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Her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her, to bring
her again, having his servant...
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4
His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed
with him three days. So th...
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5
On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he rose
up to depart. The young lady’s fath...
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6
So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young
lady’s father said to the ma...
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The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed
there again.
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8
He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young
lady’s father said, “Please...
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9
When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his
servant, his father-in-law, the young...
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10
But the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and went near
Jebus (also called Jerusalem). Wi...
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11
When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
said to his master, “Please come and...
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12
His master said to him, “We won’t enter into the city of a foreigner
that is not of the children of...
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13
He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places;
and we will lodge in Gibea...
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14
So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them
near Gibeah, which belongs to Be...
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15
They went over there, to go in to stay in Gibeah. He went in, and sat
down in the street of the city...
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16
Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening.
Now the man was from the hill cou...
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He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the
city; and the old man said, “W...
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18
He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the
farther side of the hill country of Ephr...
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19
Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and for y...
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20
The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your
needs, but don’t sleep in the street...
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21
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then
they washed their feet, and ate...
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22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain wicked fellows, surroun...
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23
The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said
to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t...
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24
Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring
them out now. Humble them, and do...
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25
But the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine,
and brought her out to them; a...
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26
Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the
door of the man’s house where he...
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27
Her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house,
and went out to go his way; and b...
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28
He said to her, “Get up, and let’s get going!” but no one answered.
Then he took her up on the donke...
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29
When he had come into his house, he took a knife and cut up
his concubine, and divided her, limb by...
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It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done
or seen from the day that the ch...
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