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Judges 19

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Judges 19 . 1 , A Levite goes to Beth-lehem to fetch home his concubine; Judges 19 . 16 , An old man entertains him at Gibeah; Judges 19 . 22 , The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death; Judges 19 . 29 , He divides her into twelve pieces , and sends them to the twelve tribes.

Judges 19:1

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 19:1 · BSB

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Heb. a woman or , a wife

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Judges 19:2

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

Judges 19:2 · BSB

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four whole months or , a year and four months , Heb. days , four months

Judges 19:3

her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

Judges 19:3 · BSB

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Heb. to her heart

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Judges 19:4

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.

Judges 19:4 · BSB

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Judges 19:5

On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

Judges 19:5 · BSB

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Heb. Srengthen

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Judges 19:6

So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”

Judges 19:6 · BSB

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Judges 19:7

The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

Judges 19:7 · BSB

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Judges 19:8

On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

Judges 19:8 · BSB

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Judges 19:9

When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

Judges 19:9 · BSB

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Heb. it is the pitching time of the day

  • Jeremiah 6:4 That is , it was near the time in which travellers ordinarily pitched their tents , to take up their lodging for the night. In the latter part of the afternoon , eastern travellers begin to look out for a place for this purpose. So Dr. Shaw observes , "Our constant practice was to rise at break of day , set forward with the sun , and travel to the middle of the afternoon; at which time we began to look out for encampments of Arabs; who , to prevent such parties as ours from living at free charges upon them , take care to pitch in woods , valleys , or places the least conspicuous."

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draweth etc. Heb. is weak

home Heb. to thy tent

Judges 19:10

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

Judges 19:10 · BSB

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over against Heb. to over against

Judges 19:11

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

Judges 19:11 · BSB

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Judges 19:12

But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

Judges 19:12 · BSB

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Gibeah , a city of Benjamin , and the birth-place of Saul , was situated near Rama and Gibeon , according to Josephus , thirty furlongs north from Jerusalem; or , according to Jerome , about two leagues

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Judges 19:13

He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

Judges 19:13 · BSB

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Judges 19:14

So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

Judges 19:14 · BSB

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Judges 19:15

They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

Judges 19:15 · BSB

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There was probably no inn , or house of public entertainment in this place; and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. But these Benjamites seem to have added to their other vices , avarice and inhospitality , like the inhabitants of Akoura in mount Lebanon , mentioned by Burckhardt

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Judges 19:16

That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

Judges 19:16 · BSB

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Judges 19:17

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”

Judges 19:17 · BSB

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Judges 19:18

The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

Judges 19:18 · BSB

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The LXX read , ויע פןם ןיךןם לןץ ודש נןסוץןלבי· "I am going to my own house;" which is probably the true reading , as we find

  • Judges 19:29 that he really went home; yet he might have gone previously to Shiloh , or to "the house of the Lord ," because that was also in mount Ephraim

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Heb. gathereth

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Judges 19:19

even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”

Judges 19:19 · BSB

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In those countries principally devoted to pasturage , they made little or no hay , but as they raised corn , they took great care of their straw for cattle , which by their mode of threshing was chopped very small. See note on

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Judges 19:20

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”

Judges 19:20 · BSB

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Here was genuine hospitality . "Keep your bread and wine for yourselves , and your straw and provender for your asses; you may need them before you finish your journey . I will supply all your wants for this night; only do not lodge in the street."

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Judges 19:21

So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.

Judges 19:21 · BSB

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Judges 19:22

While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!"

Judges 19:22 · BSB

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Judges 19:23

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

Judges 19:23 · BSB

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Judges 19:24

Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”

Judges 19:24 · BSB

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Behold The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East , and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof , is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only , the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate , can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.

so vile a thing Heb. the matter of this folly

Judges 19:25

But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

Judges 19:25 · BSB

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Judges 19:26

Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.

Judges 19:26 · BSB

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Judges 19:27

In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

Judges 19:27 · BSB

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Judges 19:28

“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

Judges 19:28 · BSB

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Judges 19:29

When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

Judges 19:29 · BSB

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It is probable , that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men of Gibeah; and that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an execration. That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times is evident from

  • 1 Samuel 11:7 It had an inhuman appearance , thus to mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime , which called for a punishment proportionally severe
  • Judges 20:6
  • Judges 20:7
  • Romans 10:2

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Judges 19:30

And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

Judges 19:30 · BSB

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