15. They stopped there to spend the night. They came to the public square of the city and sat down, but no one invited them home to spend the night.
16. Finally, in the evening an old man came in from his work in the fields. His home was in the mountains of Ephraim, but now he was living in Gibeah. (The people of Gibeah were from the tribe of Benjamin.)
17. He saw the traveler in the public square and asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
18. The Levite answered, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to my home in the mountains of Ephraim. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to the Holy Tent of the Lord. No one has invited me to stay in his house.
19. We already have straw and food for our donkeys and bread and wine for me, the young woman, and my servant. We don’t need anything.”
20. The old man said, “You are welcome to stay at my house. Let me give you anything you need, but don’t spend the night in the public square.”
21. So the old man took the Levite into his house, and he fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and had something to eat and drink.