JUDGES 19:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.”
And they turned aside there to go into Gibeah and lodge in the city (וַיִּסְעוּ שָׁם לָבוֹא וְלָלוּן בַּגִּבְעָה) — they enter Gibeah seeking lodging. The narrative presents their arrival with the expectation of hospitality: travelers seeking shelter in an Israelite city should be welcomed. Yet the subsequent verse reveals that the city's residents ignore them, contradicting the ancient law of hospitality that obligates care for travelers and aliens.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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