Judges 19:28
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto her, up, and let us be going,.... He spoke to her as supposing her asleep, in order to awake her, and prepare for their journey with all the haste they could, lest greater mischief…
Here is, I. The great wickedness of the men of Gibeah. One could not imagine that ever it should enter into the heart of men that had the use of human reason, of Israelites that had the benefit of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The sheer brutality of the Levite's words prepares us for his savage appeal for vengeance.
but none answered The LXX spoils the effect by adding for she was dead. Josephus tries to palliate it: -her…