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 [a]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 [b]your female slave, and (A)the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.” 20 Then the old man said, “(B)Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the public square.”

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Footnotes

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

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