^19:25The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite⁵⁵ grabbed his concubine and made her go outside.⁵⁶ They raped⁵⁷ her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn. ^19:26The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master⁵⁸ was staying until it became light.⁵⁹

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Footnotes

55 Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
56 Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”
57 Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.
58 The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.
59 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.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and took her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning. At daybreak they let her go. Early that morning, the woman made her way back, and as it was getting light, she collapsed at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was.

NLTNew Living Translation

But they wouldn’t listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the men were not willing to listen to him, and the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they had intercourse with her, and they abused her all night until the morning; they let her go at the approach of dawn. And the woman came as the morning appeared, and she fell at the entrance of the man’s house where her master was, until daylight.

KJV 1900King James Version

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

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