Gibeah's Crime

Judges 19

22 As they were p enjoying themselves, suddenly q certain men of the city, r perverted 1 men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, s "Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!" 23 But t the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, u do not commit this outrage. 24 v "Look, here is my virgin daughter and 2 the man's concubine; let me bring them out now. w Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!" 25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they x knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go. 26 Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.

27 When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold. 28 And he said to her, "Get up and let us be going." But y there was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place. 29 When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and z divided her into twelve pieces, 3 limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel. 30 And so it was that all who saw it said, "No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, a confer, and speak up!"

  1. Cross References
    Judges 16:25
    So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may perform for us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
    Judges 19:6
    So they sat down, and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the young woman's father said to the man, "Please be content to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
    Judges 19:9
    And when the man stood to depart - he and his concubine and his servant - his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, the day is now drawing toward evening; please spend the night. See, the day is coming to an end; lodge here, that your heart may be merry. Tomorrow go your way early, so that you may get home.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 19:4
    Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.
    Genesis 19:5
    And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.
    Judges 20:5
    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.
    Hosea 9:9
    They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
    Hosea 10:9
    O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; There they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity Did not overtake them.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:13
    Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods" ' - which you have not known -
    1 Samuel 2:12
    Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the LORD.
    1 Kings 21:10
    And seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear witness against him, saying, "You have blasphemed God and the king." Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.
    2 Corinthians 6:15
    And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 19:5
    And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.
    Romans 1:26
    For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
    Romans 1:27
    Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 19:6
    So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him.
    Genesis 19:7
    And said, "Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly!
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 34:7
    And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
    Deuteronomy 22:21
    Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
    Judges 20:6
    So I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, because they committed lewdness and outrage in Israel.
    Judges 20:10
    "We will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the vileness that they have done in Israel."
    2 Samuel 13:12
    But she answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 19:8
    "See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof."
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 34:2
    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
    Deuteronomy 21:14
    And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 4:1
    Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have acquired a man from the LORD.
  10. Cross References
    Judges 20:5
    And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 20:6
    So I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, because they committed lewdness and outrage in Israel.
    1 Samuel 11:7
    So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
  12. Cross References
    Judges 20:7
    "Look! All of you are children of Israel; give your advice and counsel here and now!"
    Proverbs 13:10
    By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Next Book Next Book