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17 The old man saw the traveler in the public square and asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”

18 The Levite answered, “We have come from Bethlehem in Judah, where I went for a visit. Now I am on my way home,[a] which is a long way into the hill country of Ephraim. I expected that someone here would invite us in for the night, but no one has. 19 We already have straw and food for our donkeys. There is also bread and wine for me, the young woman, and my servant. We don’t need anything.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:18 home This is from the ancient Greek version, which has “to my house.” The standard Hebrew text has “to the Lord’s house.”

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