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Judges 19:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank. "
Judges 19:21
Verse in Context
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19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything.”
20 The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your needs, but don’t sleep in the street.”
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we can have sex with him!”
23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, don’t do this folly.
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Judges 19:1
"In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah."
Judges 19:2
"His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months."
Judges 19:3
"Her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him and a couple of donkeys. She brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him."
Judges 19:4
"His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there."
Judges 19:5
"On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he rose up to depart. The young lady’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.”"
Judges 19:6
"So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”"
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