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Judges Chapter 19

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In this chapter the Israelites are led by a man named Gilead to a town called Ophrah where a false prophet is accused of witchcraft. The chapter ends with the people fleeing the town as the false prophet is killed, showing the danger of evil deception.

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(1) And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
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Judges 17:6Judges 18:1Judges 21:25Judges 17:1Judges 17:8Joshua 24:30Joshua 24:33Genesis 22:24Genesis 25:6II Samuel 3:7II Samuel 5:13II Samuel 16:22

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Judges 19:18Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24Judges 17:8I Samuel 1:1

(2) And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
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Leviticus 21:9Deuteronomy 22:21Ezekiel 16:28

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1Deuteronomy 22:21

(3) And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
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Judges 15:1Genesis 50:21Leviticus 19:17Leviticus 20:10Hosea 2:14Matthew 1:19John 8:4John 8:5John 8:11Galatians 6:1Genesis 34:3Jeremiah 3:1

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Romans 7:2I Samuel 17:48Deuteronomy 22:21

(4) And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
(5) And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
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Judges 19:8Genesis 18:5I Samuel 14:27I Samuel 14:28I Samuel 14:29I Samuel 30:12I Kings 13:7Psalms 104:15John 4:34Acts 9:19

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Judges 19:8I Samuel 29:10Genesis 22:3I Samuel 29:11Judges 19:9Genesis 20:8

(6) And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
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Judges 19:9Judges 19:21Judges 9:27Judges 16:25Ruth 3:7I Samuel 25:36Esther 1:10Psalms 104:15Luke 12:19I Thessalonians 5:3Revelation 11:10Revelation 11:13

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Judges 19:9Genesis 19:2

(7) And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
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Lamentations 4:15

(8) And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
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Judges 19:5I Samuel 29:10Judges 6:28I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 29:11II Kings 19:35

(9) And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
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Luke 24:29Proverbs 27:1James 4:13James 4:14

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I Kings 8:29II Samuel 11:12Genesis 19:2Judges 19:6Judges 19:10I Kings 7:25

(10) But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
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Judges 1:8Joshua 15:8Joshua 15:63Joshua 18:28II Samuel 5:6

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Judges 19:9Genesis 19:2Judges 20:5Genesis 22:3I Samuel 10:2

(11) And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
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Judges 19:10Judges 1:21Genesis 10:16Joshua 15:63II Samuel 5:6

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Mark 6:35Ezekiel 33:11

(12) And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
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II Samuel 2:21Malachi 3:5Ruth 4:1II Samuel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11

(13) And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
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Joshua 18:25Joshua 18:26Joshua 18:28I Samuel 10:26Isaiah 10:29Hosea 5:8

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Exodus 14:20I Samuel 14:36

(14) And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
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I Samuel 9:4Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23Judges 20:4

(15) And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
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Judges 19:18Genesis 18:2Genesis 18:3Genesis 18:4Genesis 18:5Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:7Genesis 18:8Genesis 19:2Genesis 19:3Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:43

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Ruth 4:1II Samuel 18:30Psalms 78:57Matthew 2:22

(16) And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
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Genesis 3:19Psalms 104:23Psalms 128:2Proverbs 13:11Proverbs 14:23Proverbs 24:27Ecclesiastes 1:13Ecclesiastes 5:12Ephesians 4:28I Thessalonians 4:11I Thessalonians 4:12II Thessalonians 3:10

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Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24

(17) And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
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Genesis 16:8Genesis 32:17

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John 8:14Deuteronomy 11:10II Kings 5:25John 13:36

(18) And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
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Judges 18:31Judges 20:18Joshua 18:1I Samuel 1:3I Samuel 1:7Judges 19:5Psalms 26:9John 15:6

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Zechariah 14:4Joshua 15:7I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17

(19) Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
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Mark 2:22Deuteronomy 22:6II Samuel 16:2Isaiah 30:6Isaiah 30:24Nehemiah 13:15

(20) And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
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Judges 6:23Genesis 43:23Genesis 43:24I Samuel 25:6I Chronicles 12:18Luke 10:5Luke 10:6John 14:27I Corinthians 1:3Romans 12:13Galatians 6:6Hebrews 13:2

(21) So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
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Genesis 24:32Genesis 43:24Genesis 18:4I Samuel 25:41II Samuel 11:8Luke 7:44John 13:4John 13:5John 13:14John 13:15I Timothy 5:10

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Genesis 43:24Genesis 24:32Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Luke 7:44John 13:14

(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.
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Judges 19:6Judges 19:7Judges 16:25Judges 20:5Genesis 19:4Hosea 9:9Hosea 10:9Deuteronomy 13:13I Samuel 1:16I Samuel 2:12I Samuel 10:27I Samuel 25:25

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Exodus 21:6Ezekiel 41:16Ezekiel 41:3Ezekiel 41:11Luke 13:25I Kings 6:5

(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 into mine house, do not this folly.
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Genesis 19:6Genesis 19:7Judges 20:6Genesis 34:7Joshua 7:15II Samuel 13:12

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I Kings 2:20Matthew 5:37II Corinthians 1:17James 5:12II Samuel 13:12

(24) Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
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Genesis 19:8Romans 3:8Genesis 34:2Deuteronomy 21:14

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Luke 12:53Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17II Samuel 3:7Isaiah 22:16

(25) 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.
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Genesis 4:1Jeremiah 5:7Jeremiah 5:8Hosea 7:4Hosea 7:5Hosea 7:6Hosea 7:7Hosea 9:9Hosea 10:9Ephesians 4:19

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Numbers 9:21Judges 16:2Ruth 3:13Isaiah 28:19

(26) 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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Judges 19:3Judges 19:27Genesis 18:12I Peter 3:6

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Judges 5:27Ezekiel 41:3

(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.
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Judges 3:25Genesis 22:3I Samuel 3:15I Samuel 5:4I Kings 3:21Ezekiel 33:22

(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.
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Judges 20:5I Kings 18:29

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Genesis 22:3Numbers 22:23

(29) 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.
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Judges 20:6Judges 20:7Romans 10:2Deuteronomy 21:22Deuteronomy 21:23

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Jeremiah 8:1Numbers 7:87Genesis 15:10II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Job 40:18

(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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Judges 20:7Proverbs 11:14Proverbs 13:10Proverbs 15:22Proverbs 20:18Proverbs 24:6

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