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Judges 20:6

Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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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.

KJV

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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָֽאֹחֵ֤זva.'o.Chezand I took holdH270 →
בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙be.fi.lag.Shion concubine myH6370 →
וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָva.'a.na.te.Che.haand I cut in pieces herH5408 →
וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָva.'a.sha.le.Che.haand I sent off herH7971 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
שְׂדֵ֖הse.Deh[the] land ofH7704 →
נַחֲלַ֣תna.cha.Lat[the] inheritance ofH5159 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
עָשׂ֛וּ'a.Suthey have doneH6213 →
זִמָּ֥הzi.MahwickednessH2154 →
וּנְבָלָ֖הu.ne.va.Lahand disgraceful follyH5039 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478 →

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Judges 19:29When 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.2 Samuel 13:12“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!Joshua 7:15The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”Judges 19:23The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.Deuteronomy 22:21she 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.Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.Judges 20:10We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”Ezekiel 22:9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.2 Samuel 13:12–13“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

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The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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