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   <v n='1'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> in <s n="1992">those</s> <s n="3117">days</s>, when there was <s n="369">no</s> <s n="4428">king</s> in <s n="3478">Israel</s>, that there <s n="1961">was</s> a <s n="376">certain</s> <s n="3881">Levite</s> <s n="1481">sojourning</s> on the <s n="3411">side</s> of <s n="2022">mount</s> <s n="669">Ephraim</s>, who <s n="3947">took</s> to him a <s n="802 6370">concubine</s> out of <s n="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah. </v>
   <v n='2'>And his <s n="6370">concubine</s> played the <s n="2181">whore</s> <s n="5921">against</s> him, and went <s n="1980">away</s> <s n="4480 854">from</s> him <s n="413">unto</s> her <s n="1">father</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah, and <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="8033">there</s> <s n="702">four</s> <s n="3117">whole</s> <s n="2320">months</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'>And her <s n="376">husband</s> <s n="6965">arose</s>, and <s n="1980">went</s> <s n="310">after</s> her, to <s n="1696">speak</s> <s n="5921 3820">friendly</s> unto her, and to bring her <s n="7725">again</s>, having his <s n="5288">servant</s> <s n="5973">with</s> him, and a <s n="6776">couple</s> of <s n="2543">asses</s>: and she <s n="935">brought</s> him into her <s n="1">father</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>: and when the <s n="1">father</s> of the <s n="5291">damsel</s> <s n="7200">saw</s> him, he <s n="8055">rejoiced</s> to <s n="7125">meet</s> him. </v>
   <v n='4'>And his <s n="2859">father</s> -in-law, the <s n="5291">damsel</s> 's <s n="1">father</s>, <s n="2388">retained</s> him; and he <s n="3427">abode</s> <s n="854">with</s> him <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="3117">days</s>: so they did <s n="398">eat</s> and <s n="8354">drink</s>, and <s n="3885">lodged</s> <s n="8033">there</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>And it came to <s n="1961">pass</s> on the <s n="7243">fourth</s> <s n="3117">day</s>, when they arose <s n="7925">early</s> in the <s n="1242">morning</s>, that he rose <s n="6965">up</s> to <s n="1980">depart</s>: and the <s n="5291">damsel</s> 's <s n="1">father</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> his <s n="2860">son</s> -in-law, <s n="5582">Comfort</s> thine <s n="3820">heart</s> with a <s n="6595">morsel</s> of <s n="3899">bread</s>, and <s n="310">afterward</s> go your <s n="1980">way</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'>And they sat <s n="3427">down</s>, and did <s n="398">eat</s> and <s n="8354">drink</s> <s n="8147">both</s> of them <s n="3162">together</s>: for the <s n="5291">damsel</s> 's <s n="1">father</s> had <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="376">man</s>, Be <s n="2974">content</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, and tarry all <s n="3885">night</s>, and let thine <s n="3820">heart</s> be <s n="3190">merry</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>And when the <s n="376">man</s> rose <s n="6965">up</s> to <s n="1980">depart</s>, his <s n="2859">father</s> -in-law <s n="6484">urged</s> him: therefore he <s n="3885">lodged</s> <s n="8033">there</s> <s n="7725">again</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>And he arose <s n="7925">early</s> in the <s n="1242">morning</s> on the <s n="2549">fifth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> to <s n="1980">depart</s>: and the <s n="5291">damsel</s> 's <s n="1">father</s> <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="5582">Comfort</s> thine <s n="3824">heart</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>. And they <s n="4102">tarried</s> <s n="5704">until</s> <s n="5186 3117">afternoon</s>, and they did <s n="398">eat</s> <s n="8147">both</s> of them. </v>
   <v n='9'>And when the <s n="376">man</s> rose <s n="6965">up</s> to <s n="1980">depart</s>, <s n="1931">he</s>, and his <s n="6370">concubine</s>, and his <s n="5288">servant</s>, his <s n="2859">father</s> -in-law, the <s n="5291">damsel</s> 's <s n="1">father</s>, <s n="559">said</s> unto him, <s n="2009">Behold</s>, <s n="4994">now</s> the <s n="3117">day</s> <s n="7503">draweth</s> toward <s n="6150">evening</s>, I pray <s n="4994">you</s> tarry all <s n="3885">night</s>: <s n="2009">behold</s>, the <s n="3117">day</s> groweth to an <s n="2583">end</s>, <s n="3885">lodge</s> <s n="6311">here</s>, that thine <s n="3824">heart</s> may be <s n="3190">merry</s>; and <s n="4279">tomorrow</s> get you <s n="7925">early</s> on your <s n="1870">way</s>, that thou mayest <s n="1980">go</s> <s n="168">home</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'>But the <s n="376">man</s> <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> tarry that <s n="3885">night</s>, but he rose <s n="6965">up</s> and <s n="1980">departed</s>, and <s n="935">came</s> over <s n="5704 5227">against</s> <s n="2982">Jebus</s>, <s n="1931">which</s> is <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and there were <s n="5973">with</s> him <s n="6776">two</s> <s n="2543">asses</s> <s n="2280">saddled</s>, his <s n="6370">concubine</s> also was <s n="5973">with</s> him. </v>
   <v n='11'> And when <s n="1992">they</s> were <s n="5973">by</s> <s n="2982">Jebus</s>, the <s n="3117">day</s> was <s n="3966">far</s> <s n="7286">spent</s>; and the <s n="5288">servant</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> his <s n="113">master</s>, <s n="1980">Come</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, and let us turn <s n="5493">in</s> <s n="413">into</s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="5892">city</s> of the <s n="2983">Jebusites</s>, and <s n="3885">lodge</s> in it. </v>
   <v n='12'>And his <s n="113">master</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> him, We will <s n="3808">not</s> turn <s n="5493">aside</s> hither <s n="413">into</s> the <s n="5892">city</s> of a <s n="5237">stranger</s>, <s n="834">that</s> is <s n="3808">not</s> of the <s n="4480 1121">children</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>; we will pass <s n="5674">over</s> <s n="5704">to</s> <s n="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>And he <s n="559">said</s> unto his <s n="5288">servant</s>, <s n="1980">Come</s>, and let us draw <s n="7126">near</s> to <s n="259">one</s> of these <s n="4725">places</s> to lodge all <s n="3885">night</s>, in <s n="1390">Gibeah</s>, <s n="176">or</s> in <s n="7414">Ramah</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>And they passed <s n="5674">on</s> and went their <s n="1980">way</s>; and the <s n="8121">sun</s> went <s n="935">down</s> upon them when they were <s n="681">by</s> <s n="1390">Gibeah</s>, <s n="834">which</s> belongeth to <s n="1144">Benjamin</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'>And they turned <s n="5493">aside</s> <s n="8033">thither</s>, to go <s n="935">in</s> and to <s n="3885">lodge</s> in <s n="1390">Gibeah</s>: and when he went <s n="935">in</s>, he sat him <s n="3427">down</s> in a <s n="7339">street</s> of the <s n="5892">city</s>: for there was <s n="369">no</s> <s n="376">man</s> that <s n="622">took</s> them into his <s n="1004">house</s> to <s n="3885">lodging</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>And, <s n="2009">behold</s>, there <s n="935">came</s> an <s n="2205">old</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="4480">from</s> his <s n="4639">work</s> out <s n="4480">of</s> the <s n="7704">field</s> at <s n="6153">even</s>, <s n="3676">which</s> was also of <s n="4480 2022">mount</s> <s n="669">Ephraim</s>; and <s n="1931">he</s> <s n="1481">sojourned</s> in <s n="1390">Gibeah</s>: but the <s n="376">men</s> of the <s n="4725">place</s> were <s n="1145">Benjamites</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'>And when he had lifted <s n="5375">up</s> his <s n="5869">eyes</s>, he <s n="7200">saw</s> <s n="*853"></s> a <s n="732">wayfaring</s> <s n="376">man</s> in the <s n="7339">street</s> of the <s n="5892">city</s>: and the <s n="2205">old</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="4480 575">Whither</s> <s n="1980">goest</s> thou? and <s n="4480 370">whence</s> <s n="935">comest</s> thou? </v>
   <v n='18'>And he <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> him, <s n="587">We</s> are <s n="5674">passing</s> from <s n="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah <s n="5704">toward</s> the <s n="3411">side</s> of <s n="2022">mount</s> <s n="669">Ephraim</s>; from <s n="4480 8033">thence</s> am <s n="595">I</s>: and I <s n="1980">went</s> <s n="5704">to</s> <s n="1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah, but <s n="589">I</s> am now <s n="1980">going</s> to the <s n="1004">house</s> of the <s n="3068">LORD</s>; and there is <s n="369">no</s> <s n="376">man</s> that <s n="622">receiveth</s> me to <s n="1004">house</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'>Yet there <s n="3426">is</s> <s n="1571">both</s> <s n="8401">straw</s> <s n="1571">and</s> <s n="4554">provender</s> for our <s n="2543">asses</s>; and there <s n="3426">is</s> <s n="3899">bread</s> and <s n="3196">wine</s> <s n="1571">also</s> for me, and for thy <s n="519">handmaid</s>, and for the young <s n="5288">man</s> which is <s n="5973">with</s> thy <s n="5650">servants</s>: there is <s n="369">no</s> <s n="4270">want</s> of <s n="3605">any</s> <s n="1697">thing</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'>And the <s n="2205">old</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="7965">Peace</s> be with thee; <s n="7535">howsoever</s> let <s n="3605">all</s> thy <s n="4270">wants</s> lie <s n="5921">upon</s> me; <s n="7535">only</s> <s n="3885">lodge</s> <s n="408">not</s> in the <s n="7339">street</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'>So he <s n="935">brought</s> him into his <s n="1004">house</s>, and gave <s n="1101">provender</s> unto the <s n="2543">asses</s>: and they <s n="7364">washed</s> their <s n="7272">feet</s>, and did <s n="398">eat</s> and <s n="8354">drink</s>. </v>
   <v n='22'> Now as <s n="1992">they</s> were making their hearts <s n="3190 *853 3820">merry</s>, <s n="2009">behold</s>, the <s n="376">men</s> of the <s n="5892">city</s>, <s n="376">certain</s> <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="1100">Belial</s>, beset the house round <s n="5437 *853 1004">about</s>, and <s n="1849">beat</s> <s n="5921">at</s> the <s n="1817">door</s>, and <s n="559">spoke</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="1167">master</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s>, the old <s n="2205">man</s>, <s n="559">saying</s>, Bring <s n="3318">forth</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="376">man</s> <s n="834">that</s> <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">into</s> thine <s n="1004">house</s>, that we may <s n="3045">know</s> him. </v>
   <v n='23'>And the <s n="376">man</s>, the <s n="1167">master</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s>, went <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them, and <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them, <s n="408">Nay</s>, my <s n="251">brethren</s>, nay, I pray <s n="4994">you</s>, do not so <s n="7489 408">wickedly</s>; seeing <s n="310 834">that</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="376">man</s> is <s n="935">come</s> <s n="413">into</s> mine <s n="1004">house</s>, <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="5039">folly</s>. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="2009">Behold</s>, here is my <s n="1323">daughter</s> a <s n="1330">maiden</s>, and his <s n="6370">concubine</s>; them I will bring <s n="3318">out</s> <s n="4994">now</s>, and <s n="6031">humble</s> ye them, and <s n="6213">do</s> with them what <s n="5869">seemeth</s> <s n="2896">good</s> unto you: but unto <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="376">man</s> <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="2063">so</s> <s n="5039">vile</s> a <s n="1697">thing</s>. </v>
   <v n='25'>But the <s n="376">men</s> <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="8085">hearken</s> to him: so the <s n="376">man</s> <s n="2388">took</s> his <s n="6370">concubine</s>, and brought her <s n="3318 2351">forth</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them; and they <s n="3045">knew</s> her, and <s n="5953">abused</s> her <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3915">night</s> <s n="5704">until</s> the <s n="1242">morning</s>: and when the <s n="7837">day</s> began to <s n="5927">spring</s>, they let her <s n="7971">go</s>. </v>
   <v n='26'>Then <s n="935">came</s> the <s n="802">woman</s> in the <s n="6437">dawning</s> of the <s n="1242">day</s>, and fell <s n="5307">down</s> at the <s n="6607">door</s> of the <s n="376">man</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s> <s n="834 8033">where</s> her <s n="113">lord</s> was, <s n="5704">till</s> it was <s n="216">light</s>. </v>
   <v n='27'>And her <s n="113">lord</s> rose <s n="6965">up</s> in the <s n="1242">morning</s>, and <s n="6605">opened</s> the <s n="1817">doors</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s>, and went <s n="3318">out</s> to <s n="1980">go</s> his <s n="1870">way</s>: and, <s n="2009">behold</s>, the <s n="802">woman</s> his <s n="6370">concubine</s> was fallen <s n="5307">down</s> at the <s n="6607">door</s> of the <s n="1004">house</s>, and her <s n="3027">hands</s> were <s n="5921">upon</s> the <s n="5592">threshold</s>. </v>
   <v n='28'>And he <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> her, <s n="6965">Up</s>, and let us be <s n="1980">going</s>. But <s n="369">none</s> <s n="6030">answered</s>. Then the man <s n="3947">took</s> her up <s n="5921">upon</s> an <s n="2543">ass</s>, and the <s n="376">man</s> rose <s n="6965">up</s>, and <s n="1980">got</s> him unto his <s n="4725">place</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>And when he was <s n="935">come</s> <s n="413">into</s> his <s n="1004">house</s>, he <s n="3947">took</s> <s n="*853"></s> a <s n="3979">knife</s>, and laid <s n="2388">hold</s> on his <s n="6370">concubine</s>, and <s n="5408">divided</s> her, together with her <s n="6106">bones</s>, into <s n="8147 6240">twelve</s> <s n="5409">pieces</s>, and <s n="7971">sent</s> her into <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="1366">coasts</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'>And it <s n="1961">was</s> so, that <s n="3605">all</s> that <s n="7200">saw</s> it <s n="559">said</s>, There was <s n="3808">no</s> <s n="2063">such</s> deed <s n="1961">done</s> <s n="3808">nor</s> <s n="7200">seen</s> from the <s n="4480 3117">day</s> that the <s n="1121">children</s> of <s n="3478">Israel</s> came <s n="5927">up</s> out of the <s n="4480 776">land</s> of <s n="4714">Egypt</s> <s n="5704">unto</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="3117">day</s>: <s n="7760">consider</s> <s n="5921">of</s> it, take <s n="5779">advice</s>, and <s n="1696">speak</s> your minds. </v>
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