Judges 19:3-5

19:3 her husband came ¹  after her, hoping he could convince her to return. ²  He brought with him his servant ³  and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly. ⁴  19:4 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. 19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. ⁵  But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, ⁶  then you can go.”

Judges 19:7

19:7 When the man got ready to leave, ⁷  his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. ⁸ 

Judges 19:9

19:9 When the man got ready to leave ⁹  with his concubine and his servant, ¹⁰  his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! ¹¹  Stay another night! Since the day is over, ¹²  stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” ¹³ 

Judges 19:26-27

19:26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master ¹⁴  was staying until it became light. ¹⁵  19:27 When her master ¹⁶  got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “arose and came.”

[19:3]  ² tn Heb “to speak to her heart to bring her back.”

[19:3]  ³ tn Or “young man.”

[19:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he was happy to meet him.”

[19:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he arose to go.”

[19:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”

[19:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the man arose to go.”

[19:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his father-in-law persuaded him and he again spent the night there.”

[19:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the man arose to go.”

[19:9]  ¹⁴ tn Or “young man.”

[19:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”

[19:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or “declining.”

[19:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”

[19:26]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

[19:26]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “The woman came at the turning of the morning and fell at the door of the house of the man where her master was until the light.”

[19:27]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.