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The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]And it came to pass in those daysH3117, when there was no kingH4428 in IsraelH3478, that there was a certainH376 LeviteH3881 sojourningH1481[H8802] on the sideH3411 of mountH2022 EphraimH669, who tookH3947[H8799] to him a concubineH802[H6370] out of BethlehemjudahH1035.[H3063] [No book]
[2]And his concubineH6370 played the whoreH2181[H8799] against him, and went awayH3212[H8799] from him unto her father'sH1 houseH1004 to BethlehemjudahH1035[H3063], and was there fourH702 whole monthsH2320.[H3117] [No book]
[3]And her husbandH376 aroseH6965[H8799], and wentH3212[H8799] afterH310 her, to speakH1696[H8763] friendlyH3820 unto her, and to bring her againH7725[H8687], having his servantH5288 with him, and a coupleH6776 of assesH2543: and she broughtH935[H8686] him into her father'sH1 houseH1004: and when the fatherH1 of the damselH5291 sawH7200[H8799] him, he rejoicedH8055[H8799] to meetH7125 himH8800. [No book]
[4]And his father in lawH2859[H8802], the damsel'sH5291 fatherH1, retainedH2388[H8686] him; and he abodeH3427[H8799] with him threeH7969 daysH3117: so they did eatH398[H8799] and drinkH8354[H8799], and lodgedH3885 thereH8799. [No book]
[5]And it came to pass on the fourthH7243 dayH3117, when they arose earlyH7925[H8686] in the morningH1242, that he rose upH6965[H8799] to departH3212[H8800]: and the damsel'sH5291 fatherH1 saidH559[H8799] unto his son in lawH2860, ComfortH5582[H8798] thine heartH3820 with a morselH6595 of breadH3899, and afterwardH310 go your wayH3212.[H8799] [No book]
[6]And they sat downH3427[H8799], and did eatH398[H8799] and drinkH8354[H8799] bothH8147 of them togetherH3162: for the damsel'sH5291 fatherH1 had saidH559[H8799] unto the manH376, Be contentH2974[H8685], I pray thee, and tarry all nightH3885[H8798], and let thine heartH3820 be merryH3190.[H8799] [No book]
[7]And when the manH376 rose upH6965[H8799] to departH3212[H8800], his father in lawH2859[H8802] urgedH6484[H8799] him: therefore he lodgedH3885[H8799] there againH7725.[H8799] [No book]
[8]And he arose earlyH7925[H8686] in the morningH1242 on the fifthH2549 dayH3117 to departH3212[H8800]: and the damsel'sH5291 fatherH1 saidH559[H8799], ComfortH5582[H8798] thine heartH3824, I pray thee. And they tarriedH4102[H8701] until afternoonH3117[H5186][H8800], and they did eatH398[H8799] both of themH8147. [No book]
[9]And when the manH376 rose upH6965[H8799] to departH3212[H8800], he, and his concubineH6370, and his servantH5288, his father in lawH2859[H8802], the damsel'sH5291 fatherH1, saidH559[H8799] unto him, Behold, now the dayH3117 drawethH7503[H8804] toward eveningH6150[H8800], I pray you tarry all nightH3885[H8798]: behold, the dayH3117 groweth to an endH2583[H8800], lodgeH3885[H8798] here, that thine heartH3824 may be merryH3190[H8799]; and to morrowH4279 get you earlyH7925[H8689] on your wayH1870, that thou mayest goH1980[H8804] homeH168. [No book]
[10]But the manH376 wouldH14[H8804] not tarry that nightH3885[H8800], but he rose upH6965[H8799] and departedH3212[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] over againstH5227 JebusH2982, which is JerusalemH3389; and there were with him twoH6776 assesH2543 saddledH2280[H8803], his concubine also was with himH6370. [No book]
[11]And when they were by JebusH2982, the dayH3117 was farH3966 spentH7286[H8804]; and the servantH5288 saidH559[H8799] unto his masterH113, ComeH3212[H8798], I pray thee, and let us turn inH5493[H8799] into this cityH5892 of the JebusitesH2983, and lodgeH3885 in itH8799. [No book]
[12]And his masterH113 saidH559[H8799] unto him, We will not turn asideH5493[H8799] hither into the cityH5892 of a strangerH5237, that is not of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478; we will pass overH5674[H8804] to GibeahH1390. [No book]
[13]And he saidH559[H8799] unto his servantH5288, ComeH3212[H8798], and let us draw nearH7126[H8799] to oneH259 of these placesH4725 to lodge all nightH3885[H8804], in GibeahH1390, or in RamahH7414. [No book]
[14]And they passed onH5674[H8799] and went their wayH3212[H8799]; and the sunH8121 went downH935[H8799] upon them when they were byH681 GibeahH1390, which belongeth to BenjaminH1144. [No book]
[15]And they turned asideH5493[H8799] thither, to go inH935[H8800] and to lodgeH3885[H8800] in GibeahH1390: and when he went inH935[H8799], he sat him downH3427[H8799] in a streetH7339 of the cityH5892: for there was no manH376 that tookH622[H8764] them into his houseH1004 to lodgingH3885.[H8800] [No book]
[16]And, behold, there cameH935[H8804] an oldH2205 manH376 from his workH4639 out of the fieldH7704 at evenH6153, which was alsoH376 of mountH2022 EphraimH669; and he sojournedH1481[H8804] in GibeahH1390: but the menH582 of the placeH4725 were BenjamitesH1145. [No book]
[17]And when he had lifted upH5375[H8799] his eyesH5869, he sawH7200[H8799] a wayfaringH732[H8802] manH376 in the streetH7339 of the cityH5892: and the oldH2205 manH376 saidH559[H8799], Whither goestH3212[H8799] thou? and whenceH370 comestH935 thouH8799? [No book]
[18]And he saidH559[H8799] unto him, We are passingH5674[H8802] from BethlehemjudahH1035[H3063] toward the sideH3411 of mountH2022 EphraimH669; from thence am I: and I wentH3212[H8799] to BethlehemjudahH1035[H3063], but I am now goingH1980[H8802] to the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068; and there is no manH376 that receivethH622[H8764] me to houseH1004. [No book]
[19]Yet there isH3426 both strawH8401 and provenderH4554 for our assesH2543; and there is breadH3899 and wineH3196 also for me, and for thy handmaidH519, and for the young manH5288 which is with thy servantsH5650: there is no wantH4270 of any thingH1697. [No book]
[20]And the oldH2205 manH376 saidH559[H8799], PeaceH7965 be with thee; howsoeverH7535 let all thy wantsH4270 lie upon me; only lodgeH3885[H8799] not in the streetH7339. [No book]
[21]So he broughtH935[H8686] him into his houseH1004, and gave provenderH1101[H8799] unto the assesH2543: and they washedH7364[H8799] their feetH7272, and did eatH398[H8799] and drinkH8354.[H8799] [No book]
[22]Now as they were making their heartsH3820 merryH3190[H8688], behold, the menH582 of the cityH5892, certainH582 sonsH1121 of BelialH1100, besetH5437 the houseH1004 round aboutH5437[H8738], and beatH1849[H8693] at the doorH1817, and spakeH559[H8799] to the masterH1167 of the houseH1004, the oldH2205 manH376, sayingH559[H8800], Bring forthH3318[H8685] the manH376 that cameH935[H8804] into thine houseH1004, that we may knowH3045 himH8799. [No book]
[23]And the manH376, the masterH1167 of the houseH1004, went outH3318[H8799] unto them, and saidH559[H8799] unto them, NayH408, my brethrenH251, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedlyH7489[H8686]; seeingH310 that this manH376 is comeH935[H8804] into mine houseH1004, doH6213[H8799] not this follyH5039. [No book]
[24]Behold, here is my daughterH1323 a maidenH1330, and his concubineH6370; them I will bring outH3318[H8686] now, and humbleH6031[H8761] ye them, and doH6213[H8798] with them what seemethH5869 goodH2896 unto you: but unto this manH376 doH6213[H8799] not soH2063 vileH5039 a thingH1697. [No book]
[25]But the menH582 wouldH14[H8804] not hearkenH8085[H8800] to him: so the manH376 tookH2388[H8686] his concubineH6370, and broughtH3318[H8686] her forthH2351 unto them; and they knewH3045[H8799] her, and abusedH5953[H8691] her all the nightH3915 until the morningH1242: and when the dayH7837 began to springH5927[H8800], they let her goH7971.[H8762] [No book]
[26]Then cameH935[H8799] the womanH802 in the dawningH6437[H8800] of the dayH1242, and fell downH5307[H8799] at the doorH6607 of the man'sH376 houseH1004 where her lordH113 was, till it was lightH216. [No book]
[27]And her lordH113 rose upH6965[H8799] in the morningH1242, and openedH6605[H8799] the doorsH1817 of the houseH1004, and went outH3318[H8799] to goH3212[H8800] his wayH1870: and, behold, the womanH802 his concubineH6370 was fallen downH5307[H8802] at the doorH6607 of the houseH1004, and her handsH3027 were upon the thresholdH5592. [No book]
[28]And he saidH559[H8799] unto her, UpH6965[H8798], and let us be goingH3212[H8799]. But none answeredH6030[H8802]. Then the manH376 tookH3947[H8799] her up upon an assH2543, and the manH376 rose upH6965[H8799], and gatH3212[H8799] him unto his placeH4725. [No book]
[29]And when he was comeH935[H8799] into his houseH1004, he tookH3947[H8799] a knifeH3979, and laid holdH2388[H8686] on his concubineH6370, and dividedH5408[H8762] her, together with her bonesH6106, into twelveH8147[H6240] piecesH5409, and sentH7971[H8762] her into all the coastsH1366 of IsraelH3478. [No book]
[30]And it was soH1961[H8738], that all that sawH7200[H8802] it saidH559[H8804], There was no such deedH2063 done nor seenH7200[H8738] from the dayH3117 that the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 came upH5927[H8800] out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 unto this dayH3117: considerH7760[H8798] of it, take adviceH5779[H8798], and speakH1696 your mindsH8761. [No book]
Source: studybible.info
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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