10. But the Levite decided not to spend the night there again. He had the saddles put on his two donkeys, then he and his wife and servant travelled as far as Jebus, which is now called Jerusalem.
11. It was beginning to get dark, and the man's servant said, “Let's stop and spend the night in this town where the Jebusites live.”
12. “No,” the Levite answered. “They aren't Israelites, and I refuse to spend the night there. We'll stop for the night at Gibeah,
13. because we can make it to Gibeah or perhaps even to Ramah before dark.”
14. They walked on and reached Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin just after sunset.
15. They left the road and went into Gibeah. But the Levite couldn't find a house where anyone would let them spend the night, and they sat down in the open area just inside the town gates.
16. Soon an old man came in through the gates on his way home from working in the fields. Most of the people who lived in Gibeah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, but this man was originally from the hill country of Ephraim.