Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹  squeezed out the juice, ²  and celebrated. They came to the temple ³  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 19:4

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.

Judges 19:6

19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. ⁴  Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” ⁵ 

[9:27]  ¹ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ² 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.

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[19:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

[19:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”