10. But, unwilling to stay another night, the man left and went toward Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11. When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites and spend the night.”
12. His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
13. He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.”
14. So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
15. There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.
16. That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.
17. When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
18. He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord. No one has taken me in for the night.
19. We have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”