Judges 19:16 meaning and explanation
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
Judges 19:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The verse introduces an old man from the hill country of Ephraim who has settled in Gibeah, a town of Benjamites. He comes in from fieldwork at evening, and his outsider status matters: the narrator has just said no one in Gibeah offered the Levite lodging, so this resident alien becomes the one person who shows hospitality.
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