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So the two of them sat down and had a meal together.[a] Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time?”[b] When the man got ready to leave,[c] his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.[d] He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy![e] Wait until later in the day to leave.”[f] So they ate a meal together.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:6 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
  2. Judges 19:6 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”
  3. Judges 19:7 tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”
  4. Judges 19:7 tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”
  5. Judges 19:8 tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.
  6. Judges 19:8 tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”