Judges 19:23-30
man ....................... man <0376> [the man.]
do .... disgraceful thing <06213 05039> [do not this folly.]
daughter <01323> [Behold.]
The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East: and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.
send ... out ........ do .... whatever you like .... do <03318 06213 05869> [them.]
abuse .... do ......... do <06031 06213> [humble ye.]
disgraceful thing <05039 01697 02063> [so vile a thing. Heb. the matter of this folly.]
raped .... abused <03045 05953> [knew her.]
abused <05953> [and abused.]
master ....... light <0113 0216> [her lord was.]
response <06030> [But none.]
carved ... up <05408 06106> [divided her.]
It is probable, that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men of Gibeah; and that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an execration. That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times is evident from 1 SA 11:7. It had an inhuman appearance, thus to mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime, which called for a punishment proportionally severe.
<06106> [with her bones.]
Take careful <07760> [consider.]
