Judges 19:23-26

19:23 The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, “No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing! 19:24 Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s ¹  concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. ²  But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!” 19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ³  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁴  They raped ⁵  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn. 19:26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master ⁶  was staying until it became light. ⁷ 

[19:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the visiting Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ² tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

[19:25]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ² tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ³ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.

[19:26]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

[19:26]  ² tn Heb “The woman came at the turning of the morning and fell at the door of the house of the man where her master was until the light.”