Judges 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ¹  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ²  So they ate a meal together.

Judges 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ³  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ⁴  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ⁵  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

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¹ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

² tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”

³ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “from the day.”

⁵ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”