But his woman servant had an argument with the Levite man. She left him and went back to her father’s house in Bethlehem, Judah. She stayed there for four months.
then the town leaders must bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of the town must kill her with stones. Why? Because she has done a shameful thing in Israel. She has acted like a prostitute [138] in her father’s house. You must remove that evil from your people.
Then her husband went after her. He wanted to speak kindly to her so that she would come back to him. He took with him his servant and two donkeys. The Levite man came to her father’s house. Her father saw the Levite man and came out to greet him. The father was very happy.