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Judges 19:20
“The old man said, "Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.”
Verse in context — Judges 19
He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house.
Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.
The old man said, "Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base 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 may have sex with him!
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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