Judges 19:8-14

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. 19:9 When the man got ready to leave ³  with his concubine and his servant, ⁴  his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look! The day is almost over! ⁵  Stay another night! Since the day is over, ⁶  stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.” ⁷  19:10 But the man did not want to stay another night. He left ⁸  and traveled as far as ⁹  Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). ¹⁰  He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine. ¹¹ 

19:11 When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late ¹²  and the servant ¹³  said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at ¹⁴  this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.” 19:12 But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. ¹⁵  We will travel on to Gibeah.” 19:13 He said to his servant, ¹⁶  “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns ¹⁷  and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.” 19:14 So they traveled on, ¹⁸  and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ¹⁹ 

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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 Heb “the man arose to go.”

⁴ tn Or “young man.”

⁵ tn Heb “the day is sinking to become evening.”

⁶ tn Or “declining.”

⁷ tn Heb “for your way and go to your tent.”

⁸ tn Heb “and he arose and went.”

⁹ tn Heb “to the front of.”

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¹¹ tc Some ancient witnesses add “and his servant.”

¹² tn Heb “and the day was descending greatly.”

¹³ tn Or “young man.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “turn aside” (also in the following verse).

¹⁵ tn Heb “who are not from the sons of Israel.”

¹⁶ tn Or “young man.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “we will enter one of the places.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and they passed by and went.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “which belongs to Benjamin.”