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Book of Judges, Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 of Judges—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now it came about in those days, when 1there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite [a]staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
  2. But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for a period of four months.
  3. Then her husband arose and went after her to 2speak [b]tenderly to her in order to bring her back, [c]taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
  4. His father-in-law, the girl’s father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.
  5. Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he [d]prepared to go; and the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “3Sustain [e]yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go.”
  6. So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and 4let your heart be merry.”
  7. Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again.
  8. On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain [f]yourself, and wait until [g]afternoon”; so both of them ate.
  9. When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn [h]to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is [i]coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go [j]home.”
  10. ¶ But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite 5Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
  11. When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and 6the servant said to his master, “Please come, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”
  12. However, his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will go on as far as Gibeah.”
  13. He said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
  14. So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.
  15. They turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When [k]they entered, [l]they sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
  16. ¶ Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from 7the hill country of Ephraim, and he was [m]staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place 8were Benjamites.
  17. And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
  18. He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to [n]my house, and no man will take me into his house.
  19. Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [o]your maidservant, and 9the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
  20. The old man said, “10Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square.”
  21. 11So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
  22. ¶ While they were [p]celebrating, behold, 12the men of the city, certain [q]13worthless 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 [r]relations with him.”
  23. Then 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, 14do not commit this act of folly.
  24. 15Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them [s]whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”
  25. But 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.
  26. [t]As 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.
  27. ¶ When 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.
  28. He said to her, “Get up and let us go,” 16but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his [u]home.
  29. When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and 17cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
  30. All 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, 18take counsel and speak up!”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or sojourning
  2. ^ Lit to her heart
  3. ^ Lit and
  4. ^ Lit arose
  5. ^ Lit your heart
  6. ^ Lit your heart
  7. ^ Lit the day declines
  8. ^ Lit toward evening
  9. ^ Lit declining
  10. ^ Lit to your tent
  11. ^ So with Gr; M.T. he
  12. ^ So with Gr; M.T. he
  13. ^ Or sojourning
  14. ^ Heb the house of the Lord, cf v 29
  15. ^ I.e. my concubine
  16. ^ Lit making their hearts merry
  17. ^ Lit sons of Belial
  18. ^ Lit intercourse
  19. ^ Lit the good in your eyes
  20. ^ Lit At the turning of the morning
  21. ^ Lit place

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jg 18:1
  2. ^ Ge 34:3; 50:21
  3. ^ Ge 18:5; Jg 19:8
  4. ^ Jg 16:25; 19:9, 22; Ru 3:7; 1Ki 21:7; Es 1:10
  5. ^ 1Ch 11:4, 5
  6. ^ Jg 19:19
  7. ^ Jg 19:1
  8. ^ Jg 19:14
  9. ^ Jg 19:11
  10. ^ Ge 43:23; Jg 6:23
  11. ^ Ge 24:32, 33
  12. ^ Ge 19:4, 5; Eze 16:46-48
  13. ^ De 13:13; 1Sa 2:12; 1Ki 21:10; 2Co 6:15
  14. ^ Ge 34:7; De 22:21; Jg 20:6; 2Sa 13:12
  15. ^ Ge 19:8
  16. ^ Jg 20:5
  17. ^ 1Sa 11:7
  18. ^ Jg 20:7; Pr 13:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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