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Judges 19:7 Cross-References

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And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

Judges 19:7 (KJV)

Commentary on Judges 19:7

And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.The verb urged (vayiftzar-bo, וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ) comes from patsar (פָּצַר), meaning to press, urge strongly, or constrain. This same verb describes Lot "pressing upon" his angelic visitors to lodge with him (Genesis 19:3) and the Shunammite woman urging Elisha to eat (2 Kings 4:8). The father's urging wasn't mere invitation but forceful insistence—social pressure the Levite lacked strength to resist. His capitulation—therefore he lodged there again—represents the fifth night in Bethlehem (three days...

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