Ruth 3:1-18 Naomi’s Plan to Give Rest to Her Daughter-in-Law, Ruth

 

Naomi’s Plan to Give Rest to Her Daughter-in-Law, Ruth

Ruth 3:1-18                   The Book of Ruth [in Smaller Chunks]

Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to [Ruth,] My daughter, shouldn’t I seek rest for you, [so] things [go] well for you? Isn’t Boaz our [close relative,] with whose [maidens you’re with?]

[See,] he [is separating the chaff] from the barley tonight in the threshing floor. Therefore, wash & [perfume yourself & put on your best clothing] & [go] down to the floor, but don’t make yourself known until [after Boaz] has [finished] eating & drinking.

It shall [happen,] when [Boaz] lies down, you shall go in & uncover his feet & lay down & he will tell you what you shall do. [Ruth] said to [Naomi,] I will do all that you [said] to me & [Ruth] did according to [all] her mother-in-law [requested of] her.

[After] Boaz had eaten & drunk & his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of a heap of corn & [Ruth] came softly & uncovered the feet of [Boaz] & laid down.

It [happened] at midnight, [Boaz] was [startled] & turned & [saw] a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who [are] you? She answered, I am Ruth, your handmaid. Therefore, spread your [robe] over your handmaid, since you [are] a [close relative].

[Boaz] said, Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter: for you have [shown] more kindness, [in the end than,] the beginning, [since] you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

Now, my daughter, don’t be [fearful]. I will do [for] you all you [request,] for all the city of my people know you are a virtuous woman. It’s true that I am a [close relative, but] there is a [closer relative than me.]

[Stay] this night & in the morning, if he will perform a [close relative’s] part [for] you, well, let him do [so.] But if he won’t do the part of a [close relative for] you, then I will do the part of a [close relative for] you, as the Lord lives.

Lie down until the morning. [Ruth] lay at [the feet of Boaz] until morning & rose up before one could know another. Boaz said, Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the [threshing] floor.

Bring the [shawl] you have on you & hold it & when she held it, [Boaz poured out] 6 measures of barley & laid it on her [shawl] & she went into the city. When [Ruth] came to her mother-in-law, [Naomi] said, [How] are you, my daughter?

Ruth said, [Boaz] gave me these 6 measures of barley & said to me, Don’t go [away] empty [handed] to your mother-in-law. Then [Naomi] said, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will [be determined:] for [Boaz] will not rest until he has finished [this] thing [today.]

Ruth 2:1-23 Ruth Gleans in the Fields of Boaz

 

Ruth Gleans in the Fields of Boaz

Ruth 2:1-23                   The Book of Ruth [in Smaller Chunks]

A [relative of Naomi’s husband,] a mighty man of wealth [from] the family of Elimelech, was [named] Boaz. And Ruth, the Moabitess, said to Naomi, Let me go out to the field now & glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I may find grace.

[Naomi] said, Go, my daughter. [Ruth] went & gleaned in the field after the reapers & she [happened to glean] on a part of the field belonging to Boaz, the [relative] of Elimelech.

[Look,] Boaz came from Bethlehem & said to the reapers, The Lord be with you. They answered him, [May] the Lord bless you. Then, Boaz [asked] his servant, [who] was over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? The servant [answered,] It is the Moabitish [woman who] came back with Naomi [from] the country of Moab.

[Ruth had asked,] I pray [that] you let me glean & gather after the reapers among the sheaves? So she came & has continued from morning until now [though she rested] a little in the house.

Then, Boaz said to Ruth, My daughter, hear [me & don’t] go & glean in another field [or] leave from [here,] but [stay close] by my maidens [who glean.] [Watch,] the field [where] they [are reaping] & go after them.

I have [ordered] the young men that they shall not touch you. When you are [thirsty] go to the vessels & drink [what] the young men have drawn. [Ruth] fell on her face & bowed to the ground & said to [Boaz,] Why have I found grace in your [sight,] that you [pay attention] to me, [since] I am a stranger?

Boaz answered, It has been [shown to] me all you have done [for] your mother-in-law since the death of your husband & you left your [family] & land [of your birth] & came to a people [that] you [hadn't known before].

The Lord [repays] your work, a full reward [is] given to you [from] the Lord God of Israel, [you’ve] come to trust, [Who protects you under His wing.] [Ruth] said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me & spoken [kindly] to your handmaid, though [I’m] not like one of your [handmaids.]

Boaz said to her, At mealtime, come [here] & eat the bread & dip [it] in the vinegar. [Ruth] sat beside the reapers & [Boaz handed Ruth] some [dried] corn & she [ate] & was [satisfied] & left.

When [Ruth rose] up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves & don’t [stop] her. Also, let some handfuls [of grain] fall [on] purpose & leave them, [so] she may glean them & [don’t scold] her.

[Ruth] gleaned in the field [until evening] & beat out [what] she had gleaned & it was about an ephah of barley. [Ruth] took it & went up into the city & [Naomi] saw what she had gleaned. [Ruth] brought [it] & gave it to [Naomi,] who [took what she needed].

[Naomi] said, Where [have] you gleaned today? Where did you [work?] Blessed [is] he [who acknowledged] you. [Ruth told Naomi,] The man’s name is Boaz. Naomi said to [Ruth,] Blessed is he of the Lord, who [has not forgotten] his kindness to the living & to the dead.

The man is a near [relative] to us. Ruth said, He also said to me, You shall [stay close] to my young men until they have ended all my harvest. Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, It’s good, my daughter, that you go with his maidens, [so] they [don’t] meet you in any other field.

So, [Ruth stayed close] by the maidens of Boaz to glean [until] the end of the barley harvest & wheat harvest & [lived] with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 1:1-22 Ruth Goes Out With 3 & Returns With 1

 

Ruth Goes Out With 3 & Returns With 1

Ruth 1:1-22                   The Book of Ruth [in Smaller Chunks]

Now it [happened,] in the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to [temporarily stay] in the country of Moab [with] his wife & his 2 sons.

[His] name was Elimelech & [his wife’s name was] Naomi & the [names] of his 2 sons [were:] Mahlon & Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab & continued [to stay] there.

Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died & she & her 2 sons [were] left. [Her 2 sons took Moabite] women [as] wives. The name of the 1 was Orpah & the other was Ruth. They [lived] there [for] about 10 years. [Both] Mahlon & Chilion died, also.

[Naomi was the only one] left of her 2 sons & her husband. [Then Naomi] with her 2 daughters-in-law [prepared to leave] from the country of Moab.

[Naomi] had heard [while] in the country of Moab; how the Lord visited His people [by] giving them bread. [For this reason,] she went [out] of the place where she was, [with] her 2 daughters-in-law to return to the land of Judah.

Naomi said to her 2 daughters-in-law, Go, return to each [of your] mother’s [houses.] [So,] the Lord deals kindly with you, [like] you have dealt with the dead & with me.

[May] the Lord grant that you may each find rest in the house of [your] [future] husband. Then, she kissed them & they lifted up their [voices] & wept. They said to her, Surely, we will return with you to your people.

Naomi said, [Return] again, my daughters. Why [would] you go with me? [Am I able to give birth] to any more sons, [so] that they may be your husbands? Turn & go your way, my daughters, for I am too old to have a husband.

[Even if I said,] I [had a] hope [of having] a husband tonight & [were to] bear sons, would you [wait] until they were grown & [keep yourself] from having husbands? [No,] my daughters.

For it grieves me much, for your sakes that the hand of the Lord [has] gone out against me.They lifted up their [voices] & wept again. And Oprah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth [clung] to her.

[Naomi] said, [Look,] your sister-in-law [has] gone back to her [own] people & her gods. Return [with] your sister-in-law. Ruth said, [Don’t beg] me to leave you, or return from following you. For [wherever] you go, I will go & where you lodge, I will lodge.

Your people shall be my people & your God [shall be] my God. Where you die, I will die & there I will be buried. Let the Lord do so & more if [anything except] death [parts] you & me.

When [Naomi] saw [that Ruth] was [determined] to go with her, then she [stopped] speaking to her [about it]. So the 2 went until they came to Bethlehem. All the city was [excited about their arrival] & they said, Is this Naomi?

She said to them, Don’t call me Naomi, call me Mara, [Bitter, because] the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full & the Lord has brought me home again empty.

Why [still] call me Naomi, [Pleasant,] seeing [that] the Lord has testified against me & the Almighty has afflicted me? So, Naomi returned [with] her daughter-in-law, Ruth, the Moabite [from] the country of Moab & they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Judges 21:1-25 The Plan for the Benjamites to Get Wives

 

The Plan for the Benjamites to Get Wives

Judges 21:1-25    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh saying, [None of us] will give [our] daughter to [the tribe] of Benjamin [for a] wife. [Judges 20:4-6 And the Levite, the husband of the woman [who] was [killed,] answered & said, I & my [mistress] came [to lodge] in Gibeah, that belongs to Benjamin.

And the men of Gibeah rose against me & [surrounded around] the house upon me [at] night & thought to kill me. And they have forced [& raped] my [mistress,] that she is dead.]

And I took my [mistress] & cut her in [12] pieces & sent her throughout all the country of [Israel's] inheritance. For they have committed [an immoral & outrageous act] in Israel.]

The people [of Israel] came to the house of God & [stayed] there [until evening] before God & [they] lifted up their voices & wept [sorely] & said, O Lord God of Israel, why [has] this [happened] in Israel, that there is 1 tribe [missing] in Israel, [like] it is today?

It [happened, the next day,] the people rose early & built an altar there & offered [both] burnt offerings & Peace Offerings. The children [people] of Israel said, [Which tribe] among all of Israel [hasn’t come] up with the congregation to the Lord?

For they had made a great oath concerning [those who didn’t come] up to the Lord in Mizpeh, saying, Surely, he [would] be put to death. The [people] of Israel were [grieved about] their brother, Benjamin & said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

How shall we [find] wives for [those who] remain, seeing that we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give our daughters to them [as] wives? They said, [Which] one of the tribes didn’t come up to Mizpeh to the Lord?

And [they saw, no one] came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly. The people [of Israel] were [counted] & there were none of the inhabitants from Jabesh Gilead there.

The congregation sent [there] 12,000 of the [most courageous] men & commanded them, saying, Go & [strike down] the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women & children.

And this is the thing that you shall do, You shall [totally] destroy every male & female that has been [intimate with a] man. They found 400 young [maidens] among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gidead & brought them to the camp [of] Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

The whole congregation sent some to speak peaceably to the children [people] of Benjamin [who] were in Rock Rimmon & to call them. Benjamin came again at that time & they gave them wives, which they had saved alive [from] the women of Jabesh Gilead & [still they didn’t have enough.]

The people [were grieved] for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a [gap] in the tribes of Israel. Then, the elders of the congregation said, How shall [we get] wives for [those who] remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

They said, There must be an inheritance for [those who] escaped of Benjamin., [so] that a tribe [isn’t] destroyed out of Israel. [However] we may not give them wives [from] our daughters: For the [people] of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [are those who give their daughters for] a wife to Benjamin.

Then, they said, [Look,] there is a feast [for] the Lord in Shiloh [each year] in a place that is on the north of BethEl & on the east side of the highway that goes up from BethEl to Shechem & on the south of Lebonah.

Therefore, they commanded the [people] of Benjamin, saying, Go & [hide] & lie in wait in the vineyards. [Watch for] the daughters of Shiloh to come out to dance, then you come out of the vineyard & [each of you] catch [one of them to be] his wife [from] the daughter of Shiloh & go to the land of Benjamin.

And it shall be, when their fathers or [family] come to us to complain, we will say to them, [Be kind] to them for our [sake,] because in the war, we [didn’t save enough women] for each man to have a wife, at that time, [so] that, you [wouldn't] be guilty.

The [people] of Benjamin did so & took wives [for themselves,] according to the number of [those] they caught [who] danced [in Shiloh] & [then] they returned to their inheritance [in the land of Benjamin] & [rebuilt] the cities & [lived] in them.

And the [people] of Israel departed [from there,] at that time. Every man went to his tribe & to his family & to his inheritance. There was no king in Israel, those days & every man did [what] was right in his own eyes.

Judges 20:1-48 The Israelites React to the Actions of the Tribe of Benjamin

 

The Israelites React to the Actions of the Tribe of Benjamin

Judges 20:1-48    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

[Judges 19:27-29 And her [master,] rose up in the morning & opened the doors of the house & went out to go [on] his way & [saw] the woman, [who was] his [mistress had] fallen down [dead] at  the door of the house & her hands were on threshold. And he said to her, [Get] up & let’s be going.

But there [was no answer.] Then, the man took & [put] her upon [a donkey] & the man rose up & [went] to his place.  When. He [came] into his house, he took a knife & divided his [mistress who was raped to death] with her bones into 12 pieces & sent her into all the coasts of Israel.]

Then, all the children [people] of Israel went out & the congregation was gathered together to the Lord in Mizpeh [unified like] one man, from Dan even to Beer Sheba, with the land of Gilead.

The [leaders] of all the people & even all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of [God’s] people, 400,000[ foot soldiers, armed with swords.] (Now the children [people] of Benjamin heard [that] the [people] of Israel [had] gone up to Mizpeh.)

Then, the [people] of Israel said, Tell us, [How did this wicked deed happen?] The Levite husband of the [deceased] woman answered & said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, [with my mistress to spend the night.]

The men of Gibeah rose against me & [surrounded] the house [at] night & [planned] to [kill] me & they forced & [raped my mistress] & she is dead. I took the body of my [mistress] & cut [it] into [12] pieces & sent her throughout the [land] of [Israel’s] inheritance.

For they have committed an [immoral & outrageous act] in Israel. [Look,] you are all the children [people] of Israel. Give your advice & counsel [about this.] All the people arose [unified like] one man, saying, [None] of us will go to his tent or turn into his house [until] we go up against Gibeah by lot.

We will take 10 men of [every] 100 & 100 men of [every] 1,000 & 1,000 men [out] of [every] 10,000, throughout the tribes of Israel, to [make provisions & food,] for the people, [so] they may do to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the [wickedness] that they have [done] in Israel.

So, all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, [united] together [like] one man. The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this wickedness that [you have committed] among you?

Now [hand over to] us the [wicked men] in Gibeah, [so] we may put them to death & put away the evil from Israel. But the [people] of Benjamin wouldn’t [listen to] the voice of their brethren, the children [people] of Israel.

The [people] of Benjamin gathered themselves together [from the cities of] Gibeah, to go out to battle against the [people] of Israel. The [people] of Benjamin [counted from] the cities [were] 26,000 men [who] drew the sword, [in addition to] 700 chosen men, [who] were inhabitants of Gibeah.

Among all [these] people, there were 700 chosen, left handed men. Everyone could sling stones at a [hair’s] breadth & not miss. [Those] men of Israel [fighting] against the [people] of Benjamin, were [counted:] 400,000 men of war [of Israel, who] drew the sword.

The [people] of Israel arose & went up to the house of God & asked counsel of [the Lord] God & said, Which of us shall go up 1st to battle against the [people] of Benjamin?

The Lord said, Judah shall go up 1st. The [people] of Israel rose up in the morning & [set up camp] against Gibeah. The men of Israel [put] themselves in [battle order] to fight against [Benjamin] in Gibeah.

The [men] of Benjamin came [out of] Gibeah & destroyed 22,000 Israelite men [on the battlefield] that day. The men of Israel encouraged themselves & put themselves [in order] again [like] they did the 1st day.

And the [people] of Israel encouraged themselves & [put themselves in battle order] again, in the [same] place where they put themselves the 1st day. (And the [people] of Israel went up & wept before the Lord until [evening] & asked counsel of the Lord saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the [people] of Benjamin, my brother? The Lord said, Go up against [them.])

The [people] of Israel came near the [people] of Benjamin the 2nd day & Benjamin went [out] of Gibeah the 2nd day & destroyed 18,000 men, [on the battlefield,] all [who] drew the sword [of Israel.]

Then, all the [people] of Israel & all the people went to the house of God [in Bethel] & wept & sat there before the Lord & fasted that day until [evening] & offered [both] burnt offerings & Peace Offerings before the Lord.

[They inquired] of the Lord (for the Ark of the Covenant of God was there in those days & Phinehas, [Eleazar’s] son, [who] was the son of Aaron, stood [as high priest]. before it in those days,) saying, Shall I [still] go out to battle against the [people] of Benjamin, my brother, or should I [stop?]

The Lord said, Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand. Israel [put men to lie] in wait [for ambush, around] Gibeah. The [people] of Israel went up against the [people] of Benjamin on the 3rd day & put themselves in [battle order] against Gibeah, [like the] other times.

The [people] of Benjamin [came] out against the people [of Israel] & were drawn away from the city & began to [attack] & kill the people [of Israel, like the previous] times.

[They] killed about 30 men of the people [of Israel like] the other times in the highways, [that lead] up to the house of God & to Gibeah & in the field. The [people] of Benjamin said, They are [struck] down before us [just like the 1st time.]

But the [people] of Israel said, Let us flee & draw them [out] from the city & into the highways. All the men of Israel rose up out of their place & put themselves [in battle order] at Baal Tamar & [those who] lie in wait of Israel, came out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

And 10,000 chosen men of all Israel came out against Gibeah, but [those of Gibeah] [didn’t know] that [disaster] was near them. The Lord [struck down] Benjamin, before Israel & the [people] of Israel destroyed 25,100 [Benjamite] men, [who] drew the sword.

So, the [people] of Benjamin saw that they were [defeated:] for the men of Israel [had given way,] to the Benjamites, because they trusted [those who lie in wait to ambush, who] wait beside Gibeah.

And [those who lie] in wait, [hurried] & rushed upon Gibeah. & [struck down] all the city with the edge of the sword. Now, [they had] appointed [a signal between the men of Israel & [those who] lie in wait, that they [would] make a [large] flame with smoke [rising] out of the city.

When the men of Israel [retreated from] battle, [the Benjamites] began to [strike] & kill about 30 men of Israel. [They] said, Surely, they are [struck down] before us [like] in the 1st battle.

But when the flame & [column] of smoke began to [rise] up out of the city, the Benjamites looked behind them & [saw] the flame of the city [go up] to heaven.

When the men of Israel turned [back] again [to ambush them,] the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that [disaster had] come upon them. Therefore, they turned their backs & [fled] before the men of Israel [into] the wilderness.

But the battle overtook them & [those who] came out of the cities [were] destroyed in the midst of them. They [surrounded] Benjamin & [closed them in] & chased & [tampled] them down with ease, [east of] Gibeah.

18,000 men of valor of Benjamin [died.] They turned & fled toward the wilderness to the Rock of Rimmon & they [cut down] 5,000 men in the highways & [chased] hard after them to Gidom & [killed] 2,000 of [their] men.

So all [who] fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men of valor, [who] drew the sword. But 600 men turned & fled [into] the wilderness to the Rock of Rimmon & [stayed] 4 months.

The men of Israel [turned back against] the [people] of Benjamin & [struck] them [down, by] the edge of the sword & the men, [animals] & all [they found] of every city. They [also] set the cities on fire that they came to.

Judges 19:1-30 The Man Went to Get His Mistress at His Father-in-Law’s Home

 

The Man Went to Get His Mistress at His Father-in-Law’s Home

Judges 19:1-30    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

It [happened] in those days, when there was no king in Israel & there was a certain Levite [temporarily staying] on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took [a mistress for himself] out of Bethlehem Judah.

His [mistress played the unfaithful harlot] against him & went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem Judah & was there 4 whole months. Her husband went after her[with his servant & a couple of [donkeys,] to speak [kindly] to her & bring her [back] again.

She brought him into her father’s house & when her father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. His father-in-law, the damsel’s father, [delayed] him [from going] & he [stayed] with him 3 days & they ate & [drank] & lodged there.

It [happened,] on the 4th day, when they arose early in the morning & [got up to leave,] the damsel’s father said to his son-in-law, Comfort your heart with a [bit of] bread & afterward go [on] your way.

They both sat down together & ate & [drank,] for [her] father had said to the man, I pray [that] you can be [content] & let your heart be merry & [stay] here all night. When the man rose up to [leave,] his father-in-law urged him & he lodged there again.

On the 5th day, he arose early to [leave] & [her] father said, I pray [that] you comfort your heart & they [waited] until afternoon & they both [ate.] When the man rose up to [leave] with his [mistress] & his servant, his father-in-law said to him, [Look, it’s almost] evening.

I pray that you [stay] all night, [since it's almost sunset,] lodge here, [so] that your heart may be merry & tomorrow you can get [up] early [& be] on your way, [so] you [may] go home.

The man [wouldn’t wait] that night & rose up & [left] with his 2 saddled [donkeys,] his [mistress] [& servant] [were] also with him & [headed toward] Jebus. When  they were [near] Jebus, the day was [almost over] & the servant said to his master, I pray [that] you come & let us turn in to this city of Jebusites & lodge in it.

His master said, We won’t turn aside [to go] into the city of a stranger, [who isn’t] of the children [people] of Israel. We will [cross] over to Gibeah. He said to his servant, Come, let us draw [close] to one of these places in Gibeah, or in Ramah, to lodge all night.

They [continued] on & went their way & the sun [had gone] down, when they were by Gibeah, which [belongs] to Benjamin. They turned aside [there] to go in & lodge in Gibeah.

When he went in, he sat down in a street of the city, [since] there was no man [who] took them into their house to [lodge.] [He saw,] there came an old man from his work [in] the field [who] also was [from] Mount Ephraim & he [temporarily stayed] in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.

When he lifted up his eyes & saw a [traveler] in the street of the city, the old man said, [Where] are you going? [Where do] you [come from]? [The man] said, We are [leaving] from Bethlehem Judah, toward the side of Mount Ephraim.

I am from [there] & I went to Bethlehem Judah, but now I am going to the house of the Lord, [since] there is no man, [who] receives me [into his] house. Yet, [we have] both [enough] straw & [feed] for our [donkeys.]

And there is [enough] bread & wine for me, [the] handmaid & the young man, [who] is with your servants. There is [nothing we lack.] [So,] the old man said, Peace be with you. [However,] let all your [needs] lie upon me.

Only [don’t] lodge in the street. So, he brought him into his house & gave [feed] to the [donkeys] & they washed their feet & [ate & drank] & were making their hearts merry.

Certain [wicked troublemakers] of the city [surrounded] the house & beat [on] the door & spoke to the old man, [who] was the master of the house, saying, Bring [out] the man [who] came into your house, [so] that we may know him [intimately.]

The master of the house, went out to them & said, No, my brethren, I pray [that] you don’t [do] so wickedly; seeing this man [has] come into my house. [Don’t do this outrageous thing.]

[Look,] here is my daughter, a maiden & his [mistress.] I will bring them out now & you humble them & do what seems good to you, but don’t do this [disgraceful] thing to this man.

But the men [wouldn’t listen] to him; so the man took his [mistress] & brought her [out] to them & they knew her [intimately] & abused her all night until the morning & when the day began to [dawn,] they let her go.

Then, the woman came at [daybreak] & fell down at the door of the man’s house where her [husband] was, [until] it was light. Her husband rose up in the morning & opened the doors of the house, to go his way & [saw his mistress had] fallen down at the door of the house & her hands were upon the threshold.

He said to her, [Get] up. Let’s be going. But [there was no answer.] Then, the man [put] her upon [the donkey] & rose up & [went] to his place.

When he [came] into his house, he took a knife & took hold of his [deceased mistress] & divided her together with her bones into 12 pieces & sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

So it was, that all [who] saw it said, There hasn’t been such a [wicked thing like this] done or seen from the day that the children [people] of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt [until] this day. Consider [this] & [get] advice & speak your minds [about this.]