Judges 19:5
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
On the fourth day the Levite arose early in the morning to depart, and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, urged him as his son-in-law to comfort his heart with a morsel of bread and afterward go his way. The verse stands in chapters 17-21, which are placed at the end of the book but record events from the early part of the judges period, with the continuous story of the book ending at chapter 16. Those chapters 17 to 21 belong chronologically before chapters 11 to 16.
The verse occurs in a time of gross immorality when people did what seemed right to them, showing that unaided human judgment and selfishness can make wrong seem right. It is part of the account of the crime at Gibeah, recorded as an instance of fearful backsliding in Israel. It illustrates the high value placed on hospitality, which in these chapters is shown taking precedence over a woman's virtue, though sin is never excused. The description of the Levite as son-in-law shows that a concubine was legally a wife, though inferior in rank.