Judges 19:1-2
GOD’S WORD Translation
Sexual Immorality
19 In those days when Israel didn’t have a king, there was a Levite who lived in a remote area in the mountains of Ephraim. He took a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.[a] 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went to her father’s home, to Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
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- 19:1 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
Judges 19:1-2
New International Version
A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,
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