Now it happened H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478, that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 sojourning H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063.
But the man H376 was H14 not willing H14 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, so he arose H6965 and went H1980 and came H935 to a place before H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem H3389). And there were with him a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543; his concubine H6370 also was with him.
But behold H2009, an old H2205 man H376 was coming H935 from his work H4639, from the field H7704, at evening H6153. Now the man H376 was from the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, and he was sojourning H1481 in Gibeah H1390, but the men H376 of the place H4725 were Benjamites H1145.
They were making their hearts H3820 merry H3190, and behold H2009, the men H376 of the city H5892, certain H376 [fn]vile H1100 fellows H1121, surrounded H5437 the house H1004, pounding H1849 the door H1817; and they spoke H559 to the owner H1167 of the house H1004, the old H2205 man H376, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the man H376 who H834 came H935 into your house H1004 that we may [fn]know H3045 him.”
Then her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, and behold H2009, the woman H802, his concubine H6370, was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
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