10-11. But the man did not want to spend another night there, so he and his concubine started on their way, with their servant and two donkeys with pack saddles. It was late in the day when they came near Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), so the servant said to his master, “Why don't we stop and spend the night here in this Jebusite city?”
12-13. But his master said, “We're not going to stop in a city where the people are not Israelites. We'll pass on and go a little farther and spend the night at Gibeah or Ramah.”
14. So they went past Jebus and continued on their way. It was sunset when they came to Gibeah in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
15. They turned off the road to go and spend the night there. They went into the city and sat down in the square, but no one offered to take them home for the night.
16. While they were there, an old man came by at the end of a day's work in the fields. He was originally from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was now living in Gibeah. (The other people there were from the tribe of Benjamin.)
17. The old man noticed the traveller in the city square and asked him, “Where do you come from? Where are you going?”
18. The Levite answered, “We have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and now we are on our way home. deep in the hill country of Ephraim. No one will put us up for the night,
19. even though we have fodder and straw for our donkeys, as well as bread and wine for my concubine and me and for my servant. We have everything we need.”
20. The old man said, “You are welcome in my home! I'll take care of you; you don't have to spend the night in the square.”
21. So he took them home with him and fed their donkeys. His guests washed their feet and had a meal.
22. They were enjoying themselves when all of a sudden some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and started beating on the door. They said to the old man, “Bring out that man that came home with you! We want to have sex with him!”
23. But the old man went outside and said to them, “No, my friends! Please! Don't do such an evil, immoral thing! This man is my guest.