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Judges 20:4-6
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4 The Levite,[a] the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, “I and my concubine stopped in[b] Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin[c] to spend the night. 5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying.[d] They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died. 6 I took hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces[e] throughout the territory occupied by Israel,[f] because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity[g] in Israel.

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  1. Judges 20:4 tn Heb “The man, the Levite.”
  2. Judges 20:4 tn Heb “came to.”
  3. Judges 20:4 tn Heb “which belongs to Benjamin.”
  4. Judges 20:5 tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”
  5. Judges 20:6 tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”
  6. Judges 20:6 tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”
  7. Judges 20:6 tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”
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