Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent [a]her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed abomination and villainy in Israel.

Behold, ye are all children of Israel, give your advice, and counsel herein.

Then all the people arose as one man, saying, There shall not a man of us go to his tent, neither any turn into his [b]house.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:6 That is, her pieces, to every tribe a piece, Judg. 19:29.
  2. Judges 20:8 Before we have revenged this wickedness.

I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance,(A) because they committed this lewd and outrageous act(B) in Israel. Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.(C)

All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.

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