TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
Read word by wordThen they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
Read word by wordAnd the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
Read word by wordSo the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
Read word by wordWhen the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
Read word by wordThey answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!
Read word by wordThey went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
Read word by wordThen the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
Read word by wordSo they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
Read word by wordAnd the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
Read word by word“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
Read word by wordPutting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
Read word by wordWhen they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
Read word by wordHe replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
Read word by wordSo the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
Read word by wordAfter they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
Read word by wordThere was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
Read word by wordThey named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
Read word by wordThe Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
Read word by wordSo they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
Read word by wordNow in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Read word by wordher husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
Read word by wordOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
Read word by wordThe man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
Read word by wordOn the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
Read word by wordWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
Read word by wordBut the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
Read word by wordHe continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Read word by wordSo they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Read word by wordThey stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
Read word by wordeven though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”
Read word by word“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
Read word by wordSo he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Read word by wordWhile they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
Read word by wordLook, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
Read word by wordBut the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
Read word by wordEarly that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
Read word by wordIn the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
Read word by word“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
Read word by wordWhen he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
Read word by wordAnd everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
Read word by wordThen all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
Read word by wordSo the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
Read word by wordAnd during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
Read word by wordBehold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
Read word by wordThen all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
Read word by wordNow this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
Read word by wordWe will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Read word by wordAnd the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
Read word by wordHand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
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