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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Judges 19 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/judges/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Judges 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/18.htm" title="Judges 18">◄</a> Judges 19 <a href="../judges/20.htm" title="Judges 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/judges/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">A Levite’s Concubine Degraded</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But his concubine was unfaithful to him, and left him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, and stayed there for a period of four months. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly <i>and</i> tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the father of the girl saw him, he was happy to meet him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So his father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he stayed there with him for three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>On the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and the Levite prepared to leave; but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward go your way.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So both men sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night and enjoy yourself.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the man got up to leave, but his father-in-law urged him [strongly to remain]; so he spent the night there again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>On the fifth day he got up early in the morning to leave, but the girl’s father said, “Please strengthen yourself, and wait until the end of the day.” So both of them ate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When the man and his concubine and his servant got up to leave, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Look, now the day comes to an end; spend the night here and celebrate, enjoy yourself. Then tomorrow you may get up early for your journey and go <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>home.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But the man was not willing to stay the night; so he got up and left and came to <i>a place</i> opposite Jebus (that is Jerusalem). With him were two saddled donkeys [and his servant] and his concubine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone, and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let us turn aside into this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners who are not of the sons (descendants) of Israel. We will go on as far as Gibeah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of <i>these</i> places: and we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So they passed by and went on their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin, <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and they turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. And the Levite went in and sat down in the open square of the city, because no man invited them into his house to spend the night. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then behold, <i>there was</i> an old man <i>who</i> was coming out of the field from his work at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim but was staying in Gibeah, and the men of the place were sons (descendants) of Benjamin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When he looked up, he saw the traveler [and his companions] in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The Levite replied, “We are passing through from Bethlehem [in the territory] of Judah to the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim; I am from there. I went to Bethlehem of Judah, but I am <i>now</i> going [home] to my house, and there is no man [in the city] who will take me into his house [for the night]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet we have both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the old man said, “Peace be to you. Only <i>leave</i> all your needs to me; and do not spend the night in the open square.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>While they were <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>celebrating, behold, men of the city, certain worthless <i>and</i> evil men, surrounded the house, pounding on the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we may have relations with him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the man, the master of the house, went out and said to them, “No, my fellow citizens, please do not act so wickedly. Since this man has come to my house [as my guest], do not commit this sacrilege. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Here is my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. I will bring them out now; abuse <i>and</i> humiliate them and do to them <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>whatever you want, but do not commit this act of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>sacrilege against this man.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>At daybreak the woman came and collapsed at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was [fully] light. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When her master got up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, he saw his concubine lying at the door of the house, and her hands were on the threshold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He said to her, “Get up, and let us go.” But there was no answer [for she had died]. Then he put her [body] on the donkey; and the man left and went home. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When he arrived at his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his [dead] concubine, he cut her [corpse] limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her [body parts] throughout all the territory of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/19-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>All who saw <i>the dismembered parts</i> said, “Nothing like this has <i>ever</i> happened or been seen from the day that the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel, and speak [your minds]!”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> I.e. a type of secondary or inferior “wife” (often a slave), much lower in rank than the official wife who managed the household and gave birth to the “legitimate” children. Concubines had marginal rights to financial support and recognition. Their children were usually acknowledged as offspring of the man, but were of lower status than the children born to the official wife.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>to your tent</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> I.e. the concubine.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>treating their hearts well</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>what is good in your eyes</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> I.e. despicable sin.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>At the turning of the morning</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>