Jud 19:6
19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them
     together: for the {a} damsel's father had said unto the
     man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let
     thine heart be merry.

     (a) That is, his concubines father.

Jud 19:8
19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to
     depart: and the damsel's father said, {b} Comfort thine
     heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and
     they did eat both of them.

     (b) Meaning, that he should refresh himself with food, as
         in @Jud 19:5.

Jud 19:9
19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine,
     and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father,
     said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening,
     I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an
     end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to
     morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go {c}
     home.

     (c) That is, to the town or city where he lived.

Jud 19:12
19:12 And his master said unto him, {d} We will not turn aside
      hither into the city of a stranger, that [is] not of the
      children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

      (d) Though in these days there were most horrible
          corruptions, even necessity could not compel them to
          associate with those who did not profess the true God.

Jud 19:16
19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of
      the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and
      he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were]
      {e} Benjamites.

      (e) Or, the children of Jamini.

Jud 19:18
19:18 And he said unto him, We [are] passing from Bethlehemjudah
      toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and
      I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the {f}
      house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me
      to house.

      (f) To Shiloh of Mizpeh where the ark was.

Jud 19:22
19:22 [Now] as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the
      men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house
      round about, [and] {g} beat at the door, and spake to the
      master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the
      man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

      (g) In an attempt to break it.

Jud 19:24
19:24 Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine;
      them I will bring out now, {h} and humble ye them, and do
      with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do
      not so vile a thing.

      (h) That is, abuse them, as in @Ge 19:8.

Jud 19:26
19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and {i}
      fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord
      [was], till it was light.

      (i) She fell down dead, as in @Jud 19:27.

Jud 19:28
19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none
      answered.  Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the
      man rose up, and gat him unto his {k} place.

      (k) Meaning, home to mount Ephraim.

Jud 19:30
19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no {l}
      such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of
      Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day:
      consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].

      (l) For this was like the sin of Sodom for which God
          rained down fire and brimstone from heaven.



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