Judges 19:21
Context19:21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal. 1
Judges 9:27
Context9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, 2 squeezed out the juice, 3 and celebrated. They came to the temple 4 of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges 19:4
Context19:4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.
Judges 19:6
Context19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. 5 Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” 6


[19:21] 1 tn Heb “ate and drank.”
[9:27] 3 tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.
[19:6] 3 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
[19:6] 4 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”