Judges 19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Judges 19The Levite’s Concubine

1 him, and she went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah and was there some four months.

3 her father’s house, the young woman’s father saw him and came with joy to meet him.

4His father-in-law, the young woman’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and he stayed there.

5 Nobody has offered to take me in.

19We have straw and fodder for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and the woman and the young man along with us. Your servants need nothing more.”

20The old man said, “Peace be to you. I will care for all your wants; only do not spend the night in the square.”

21 since the day that the Israelites came up from the land of Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak out.”