Judges 19:26

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24 ^aLook, here is my virgin daughter and¹ the man’s concubine; let me bring them out now. ^bHumble 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 ^aknew 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 ^athere was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place.

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Adam Clarke

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Judges 19:26

Fell down at the door - She had strength to reach the door, but not to knock for admittance: when she reached the door she fell down dead! The reason of this abominable and horrid catastrophe is strongly signified by the original words, Judges 19:25 : vaiyedu othah , vaiyithallelu bah col hallailah , which we modestly translate, and they knew her, and they abused her all the night. More literally, but still not fully: Illi cum ea rem habuerunt, et alternatim in eam tota nocte ascenderunt . The hithpahel used here in the verb greatly increases the sense: Conjugatio hithpahel frequentiam actus et immanem libidinem designat . The Arabic is not too strong; the following is its meaning: Exercuerunt in ea cupiditates suas, et maechati, sunt in ea AD matutinum usque .

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Judges 19:26:

Joshua 18:24
Joshua 21:5

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