SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 19:5

19:5a On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart,

Early in the morning on the fourth day, the Levite and his wife got up and were preparing to leave.
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They got up early the next morning on day four, with the intent of leaving. The man started packing up

19:5b but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law,

Then her father told his son-in-law,
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when his father-in-law, the woman’s father, told him

19:5c “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

“First eat some bread. That will give you (sing.) strength ⌊for your journey⌋ . Then you (plur.) can go.”
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to have something to eat. He said they must eat before they left.

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