Discovery BoxJudges 9:27 
Context9:27 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
Context19:4 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 19:8
Context19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. 4 Wait until later in the day to leave!” 5 So they ate a meal together.
1 tn Heb “vineyards.”
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.
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.
5 tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”
