10. But this time the man was determined to leave. So he took his two saddled donkeys and his concubine and headed in the direction of Jebus (that is, Jerusalem).
11. It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man’s servant said to him, “Let’s stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night there.”
12. “No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.
13. Come on, let’s try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we’ll spend the night in one of those towns.”
14. So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,
15. so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.
16. That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.
17. When he saw the travelers sitting in the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going.
18. “We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I’m returning home. But no one has taken us in for the night,
19. even though we have everything we need. We have straw and feed for our donkeys and plenty of bread and wine for ourselves.”
20. “You are welcome to stay with me,” the old man said. “I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don’t spend the night in the square.”
21. So he took them home with him and fed the donkeys. After they washed their feet, they ate and drank together.