Judges 19:9 meaning and explanation
When 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.”
Judges 19:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the father of the Levite's concubine in Bethlehem, urging his son-in-law to delay departure once more. The chapter has already shown three days of hospitality stretched to five, and this verse marks the last of the father's repeated pleas.
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