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Judges 19:29

Sin

27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

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BSB
When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
KJV
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
WEB
When he had come into his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
ASV
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
DARBY
And when he was come into his house, he took the knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the borders of Israel.
BLB
And he entered into his house, and he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine, and divided her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and he sent her into all the territory of Israel.
ÅB
Og da han kom til sitt hus, grep han en kniv og tok sin medhustru og skar henne opp, lem for lem, i tolv stykker og sendte henne omkring i hele Israels land.
OTB
Da han kom hjem, tok han en kniv og delte sin medhustru, lem for lem, i tolv deler, og sendte dem gjennom hele Israels område.
B1930
Og da han kom til sitt hus, grep han en kniv og tok sin medhustru og skar henne op, lem for lem, i tolv stykker og sendte henne omkring i hele Israels land.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:7

    And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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  • Judges 20:6–7

    And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

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  • Romans 10:2

    For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:22–23

    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

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