Lexham English Bible

Judges 19:10-17 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10. But the man was not willing to spend the night, and he got up and went; and he arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.

11. They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, “Please, come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us spend the night in it.”

12. But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, who are not from the Israelites; we will cross over up to Gibeah.”

13. And he said to his servant, “Come, let us approach one of these places; we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”

14. So they crossed over and went their way, and the sun went down on them beside Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

15. And they turned aside there to enter and to spend the night at Gibeah. And they went and sat in the open square of the city, but no one took them in to spend the night.

16. Then behold, an old man was coming from his work from the field in the evening, and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was dwelling as a foreigner in Gibeah. (The people of the place were descendants of Benjamin.)

17. And the old man raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city, and he said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”