16 Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from (A)the hill country of Ephraim, and he was [a]staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place (B)were Benjaminites. 17 And he raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the public square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?” 18 And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to [b]my house, and no one will take me into his house. 19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and [c]your female slave, and (C)the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.” 20 Then the old man said, “(D)Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the public square.” 21 (E)So he took him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:16 Or sojourning
  2. Judges 19:18 MT; LXX the house of the Lord, cf. v 29
  3. Judges 19:19 I.e., the concubine

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