His father in law urged him. — Considering the remorselessly savage revenge which is to this day permitted to an Eastern husband in punishment of unfaithfulness, the father might well desire to be thoroughly assured that the Levite was not dissembling, and did not desire to inflict some sanguinary retribution on his wife.
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Judges 19:7
7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.