‏ Judges 19:17-21

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

‏ Luke 24:28-29

he made.That is, he was directing his steps as if to go onwards; and so he doubtless would, had he not been withheld by their friendly importunities. There is not the smallest ground for founding a charge of dissimulation against our Saviour, or affording any encouragement to dissimulation in others.

Ge 19:2; 32:26; 42:7; Mr 6:48

14:23; Ge 19:3; 2Ki 4:8; Ac 16:14

‏ Acts 16:15

when.

33; 8:12,38; 11:14; 18:8; 1Co 1:13-16

If.

Eph 1:1; Php 1:7; Phm 1:17; 1Pe 5:12; 3Jo 1:5

come.

Ge 18:4,5; Jud 19:19,20; Mt 10:41; Lu 9:4,5; 10:5-7; Ro 16:23

Ga 6:10; Heb 13:2; 2Jo 1:10; 3Jo 1:8

And she.

Ge 19:3; 33:11; Jud 19:21; 1Sa 28:23; 2Ki 4:8; Lu 14:23; 24:29

2Co 5:14; 12:11; Heb 13:2
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