Judges 20:4
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And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
In other translations
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030הָאִישׁha'ishthe manH376הַלֵּוִיhalevithe LeviteH3881אִישׁ'ish[the] husband ofH376הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802הַנִּרְצָחָהhanirtzachah<the> murderedH7523וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559הַגִּבְעָתָהhagiv'atah<the> Gibeah towardsH1390אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לְבִנְיָמִןlevinyamin[belongs] to BenjaminH1144בָּאתִיbatiI cameH935אֲנִי'aniIH589וּפִילַגְשִׁיufilagshiand concubine myH6370לָלוּן׃lalunto spend [the] nightH3885
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Related verses
- Judges 19:15-2815 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.15 They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night. 16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field. 17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?” 18 The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
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People and places
People: Benjamin
Places: Gibeah