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Judges 19:29 Cross-References
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“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.”
Judges 19:29 (KJV)
Commentary on Judges 19:29
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. This shocking act served as a graphic summons to national assembly. The Levite's dismemberment of his concubine's corpse into twelve pieces—one for each tribe—was designed to provoke outrage and demand justice. The Hebrew verb "divided" (vayenattecheha, וַיְנַתְּחֶהָ, from natach) is used for butchering sacrificial animals (Leviticus 1:6), creating a grotesque parody of sacrifice. This wasn't just notific...
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Cross-References for Judges 19:29
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“and cut her in pieces”
“and cut them in pieces”
“but not according to knowledge.”
“and he be put to death”