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And they said to him, "Keep quiet, put your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and family in Israel?"

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of E'phraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry."

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.

הָאִ֖ישׁ (אִ֖ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold, now the day has waned toward evening; pray tarry all night. Behold, the day draws to its close; lodge here and let your heart be merry; and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home."

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

But the man would not spend the night; he rose up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled asses, and his concubine was with him.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

And behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening; the man was from the hill country of E'phraim, and he was sojourning in Gib'e-ah; the men of the place were Benjaminites.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? and whence do you come?"

הָאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “man”הָאִ֧ישׁ (אִ֧ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And the old man said, "Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants; only, do not spend the night in the square."

הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, base fellows, beset the house round about, beating on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."

הָ֠אִישׁ (אִישׁ) 'ish “man”הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brethren, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine; let me bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but against this man do not do so vile a thing."

וְלָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.

הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." But there was no answer. Then he put her upon the ass; and the man rose up and went away to his home.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand men on foot that drew the sword.

אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

הָאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, "We will not any of us go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.

כְּאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.

אִ֤ישׁ 'ish “<the> man of”כְּאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

And the Benjaminites mustered out of their cities on that day twenty-six thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gib'e-ah, who mustered seven hundred picked men.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

Among all these were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “man”

And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (אִ֨ישׁ) 'Ish “[the] man of”אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “[was] man of”

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gib'e-ah.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “[the] man of”אִֽישׁ־ 'ish- “[the] man of”

The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”