Judges 19:2
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And she left him, and returned to her father's house in Bethlehem, and abode with him four months.

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Leviticus 21:9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.

Deuteronomy 22:21 They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

Ezekiel 16:28 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast not yet satisfied: and after thou hadst played the harlot with them, even so thou wast not contented.

Context
The Levite and His Concubine
1There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda: 2And she left him, and returned to her father's house in Bethlehem, and abode with him four months.3And her husband followed her, willing to be reconciled with her, and to speak kindly to her, and to bring her back with him, having with him a servant and two asses: and she received him, and brought him into her father's house. And when his father in law had heard this, and had seen him, he met him with joy,…
Cross References
Judges 17:7
There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.

Judges 19:1
There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda:

Judges 19:3
And her husband followed her, willing to be reconciled with her, and to speak kindly to her, and to bring her back with him, having with him a servant and two asses: and she received him, and brought him into her father's house. And when his father in law had heard this, and had seen him, he met him with joy,

Lexicon
But she
פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ (pî·laḡ·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6370: A concubine, a paramour

was unfaithful
וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה (wat·tiz·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

to him
עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and left
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (wat·tê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

him
מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ (mê·’it·tōw)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to return to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

her father’s
אָבִ֔יהָ (’ā·ḇî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Bethlehem
לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun

in Judah.
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

After she had been
וַתְּהִי־ (wat·tə·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there
שָׁ֕ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

four
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה (’ar·bā·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

months,
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (ḥo·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month


Additional Translations
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.

And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethleem Juda, and she was there four months.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, -- four months.

And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.

And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.

and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months.
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