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On the fourth day, they got up early that morning, and the descendant of Levi[a] got ready to leave. Then the young woman’s father-in-law told him, “Fortify yourself[b] by eating some food before you go.” So both of them sat down for a bit, ate and drank together, and the young woman’s father invited the man, “Please, enjoy yourself and spend another night.” The man got up, intending[c] to leave, but his father-in-law urged him to spend the night there again.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:5 Lit. and he
  2. Judges 19:5 Lit. Fortify your heart
  3. Judges 19:7 The Heb. lacks intending