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The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
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A Father's Hidden Concern
The father-in-law's repeated urging for the Levite to stay may have been more than simple hospitality. One commentator suggests the father was testing the Levite's sincerity. Given the severe punishments for unfaithfulness at the time, the father wanted to be certain the Levite had truly forgiven his daughter and was not secretly planning a violent revenge.
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19th Century
Anglican
His father in law urged him. — Considering the remorselessly savage revenge which is to this day permitted to an Eastern …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the man rose up to depart Rose up from table, having ate and drank sufficiently, in order to depart the house, a…
Presbyterian
The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permit…
