Judges 19
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Judges 19:22-30

22While they were 1celebrating, behold, 2the men of the city, certain 34worthless 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 5relations with him.” 23Then 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, 6do not commit this act of folly. 247Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them 8whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.” 25But 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. 269As 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.

27When 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. 28He said to her, “Get up and let us go,” 10but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his 11home. 29When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and 12cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel. 30All 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, 13take counsel and speak up!”

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 19:22 Lit making their hearts merry ↩
  2. 2. Judges 19:22 Gen 19:4, 5; Ezek 16:46-48 ↩
  3. 3. Judges 19:22 Lit sons of Belial ↩
  4. 4. Judges 19:22 Deut 13:13; 1 Sam 2:12; 1 Kin 21:10; 2 Cor 6:15 ↩
  5. 5. Judges 19:22 Lit intercourse ↩
  6. 6. Judges 19:23 Gen 34:7; Deut 22:21; Judg 20:6; 2 Sam 13:12 ↩
  7. 7. Judges 19:24 Gen 19:8 ↩
  8. 8. Judges 19:24 Lit the good in your eyes ↩
  9. 9. Judges 19:26 Lit At the turning of the morning ↩
  10. 10. Judges 19:28 Judg 20:5 ↩
  11. 11. Judges 19:28 Lit place ↩
  12. 12. Judges 19:29 1 Sam 11:7 ↩
  13. 13. Judges 19:30 Judg 20:7; Prov 13:10 ↩

Commentaries on Judges 19

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