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.”