Judg 19:15-28 | TSK | STEP | no man.There was probably no inn, or house of public entertainment in this place; and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. But these Benjamites seem to have added to their other vices, avarice and inhospitality, like the inhabitants of Akoura in mount Lebanon, mentioned by Burckhardt.

Judges 19:15-28

no man.There was probably no inn, or house of public entertainment in this place; and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. But these Benjamites seem to have added to their other vices, avarice and inhospitality, like the inhabitants of Akoura in mount Lebanon, mentioned by Burckhardt.

18; Ge 18:2-8; 19:2,3; Mt 25:35,43; Heb 13:2

his work.

Ge 3:19; Ps 104:23; 128:2; Pr 13:11; 14:23; 24:27; Ec 1:13; 5:12

Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11,12; 2Th 3:10

whither.

Ge 16:8; 32:17

I am now.The LXX. read, [eis ton oikon mou ego poreuomai:] "I am going to my own house;" which is probably the true reading, as we find (ver. 29) that he really went home; yet he might have gone previously to Shiloh, or to "the house of the Lord," because that was also in mount Ephraim.

the house.

18:31; 20:18; Jos 18:1; 1Sa 1:3,7

receiveth. Heb. gathereth.

5; Ps 26:9; Joh 15:6

straw and provender.In those countries principally devoted to pasturage, they made little or no hay: but as they raised corn, they took great care of their straw for cattle, which by their mode of threshing was chopped very small. See note on Ge 24:32.

Peace be.

6:23; Ge 43:23,24; 1Sa 25:6; 1Ch 12:18; Lu 10:5,6; Joh 14:27

1Co 1:3

let all thy wants.Here was genuine hospitality: "Keep your bread and wine for yourselves, and your straw and provender for your asses; you may need them before you finish your journey: I will supply all your wants for this night; only do not lodge in the street."

Ro 12:13; Ga 6:6; Heb 13:2; Jas 2:15,16; 1Pe 4:9; 1Jo 3:18

lodge not.

Ge 19:2,3; 24:31-33

So he brought.

Ge 24:32; 43:24

they washed.

Ge 18:4; 1Sa 25:41; 2Sa 11:8; Lu 7:44; Joh 13:4,5,14,15; 1Ti 5:10

they were.

6,7; 16:25

the men.

20:5; Ge 19:4; Ho 9:9; 10:9

sons of Belial.

De 13:13; 1Sa 1:16; 2:12; 10:27; 25:25; 2Sa 23:6,7; 2Co 6:15

Bring forth.

Ge 19:5; Ro 1:26,27; 1Co 6:9; Jude 1:7

the man.

Ge 19:6,7

do not this folly.

20:6; Ge 34:7; Jos 7:15; 2Sa 13:12

Behold.The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East: and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.

them.

Ge 19:8; Ro 3:8

humble ye.

Ge 34:2; *marg:

De 21:14

so vile a thing. Heb. the matter of this folly.

knew her.

Ge 4:1

and abused.

Jer 5:7,8; Ho 7:4-7; 9:9; 10:9; Eph 4:19

her lord was.

3,27; Ge 18:12; 1Pe 3:6

But none.

20:5; 1Ki 18:29