New American Standard Bible 2020
Judges 19:16-22
16Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from 1the hill country of Ephraim, and he was 2staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place 3were Benjaminites. 17And he raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the public square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?” 18And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to 4my house, and no one will take me into his house. 19Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and 5your female slave, and 6the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.” 20Then the old man said, “7Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the public square.” 218So he took him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
22While they were 9celebrating, behold, 10the men of the city, certain 1112worthless men, surrounded the house, pushing one another at the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who entered your house that we may 13have relations with him.”
Notes
- 1. Judges 19:16 Judg 19:1 ↩
- 2. Judges 19:16 Or sojourning ↩
- 3. Judges 19:16 Judg 19:14 ↩
- 4. Judges 19:18 MT; LXX the house of the Lord, cf. v 29 ↩
- 5. Judges 19:19 I.e., the concubine ↩
- 6. Judges 19:19 Judg 19:11 ↩
- 7. Judges 19:20 Gen 43:23; Judg 6:23 ↩
- 8. Judges 19:21 Gen 24:32, 33 ↩
- 9. Judges 19:22 Lit making their hearts glad ↩
- 10. Judges 19:22 Gen 19:4, 5; Ezek 16:46-48 ↩
- 11. Judges 19:22 Lit sons of Belial ↩
- 12. Judges 19:22 Deut 13:13; 1 Sam 2:12; 1 Kin 21:10; 2 Cor 6:15 ↩
- 13. Judges 19:22 Lit know him ↩
Commentaries on Judges 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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