Judges 19:15-21 ▼

15 They stopped to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one took them into their home to spend the night.

16 In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was residing in Gibeah where the people were Benjaminites.

17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from? ”

18 He answered him, “We’re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I’m going to the house of the LORD. No one has taken me into his home,

19 although there’s straw and feed for the donkeys, and I have bread and wine for me, my concubine, and the servant with us. There is nothing we lack.”

20 “Welcome! ” said the old man. “I’ll take care of everything you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.”

21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. Then they washed their feet and ate and drank.