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Judges 19:2

1 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

3 her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.

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BSB
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
KJV
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
WEB
His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months.
ASV
And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father`s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.
DARBY
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, four months.
BLB
And his concubine committed prostitution against him and went away from him to the house of her father at Bethlehem [in] Judah. And she was there days—four months.
ÅB
Men hans medhustru var utro mot ham og reiste fra ham og hjem til sin fars hus i Betlehem i Juda. Der ble hun en tid, en fire måneder.
OTB
Men medhustruen var utro mot ham og forlot ham, og vendte tilbake til sin fars hus i Betlehem, Juda, hvor hun ble i fire måneder.
B1930
Men hans medhustru var utro mot ham og reiste fra ham og hjem til sin fars hus i Betlehem i Juda. Der blev hun en tid, en fire måneder.

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  • Ezekiel 16:28

    Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:21

    she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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  • Leviticus 21:9

    If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

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