Judges 19:28

And he said unto her—Up! and let us be going. But there was no answer. So he took her up on the ass, and the man rose up, and went his way to his own place.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27So then her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went forth, to go on his journey,—when lo! the woman, his concubine, fallen at the entrance of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.

29And, 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 bounds of Israel.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:29And so it was, when noon was passed, that although they prophesied until the offering up of the evening gift, yet was there no voice nor any that answered, nor any that hearkened.

Matthew Henry on Judges 19:23-30

The Wickedness of Gibeah; The Israelites Roused to Revenge. ( b. c. 1410.) 22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come… Read the whole commentary →

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