Judges 19:17

Easy To Read Version

The old man saw the traveler (the Levite man), in the public square. The old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”

Cross References

Genesis 16:8

The Angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s servant. Why are you here? Where are you going?”

Genesis 32:17

Jacob gave them their orders. To the servant with the first group of animals Jacob said, “When Esau my brother comes to you and asks you, ‘Whose animals are these? Where are you going? Whose servant are you?’

2 Samuel 12:4

“Then a traveler stopped to visit the rich man. {The rich man wanted to give food to the traveler.} But the rich man did not want to take anything from his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler. No, the rich man took the lamb from the poor man. The rich man {killed the lamb} and cooked it for his visitor.”

Isaiah 33:8

The roads are destroyed. No one is walking in the streets. People have broken the agreements they made. People refuse to believe the proof from witnesses. {\cf2\super [301]} No one respects other people.

Jeremiah 14:8

God, you are the Hope of Israel!\par You save Israel in times of trouble.\par But now it seems like you are\par a stranger in the land.\par It seems like you are a traveler that only stays one night.\par

Judges 19:16

That evening an old man came into the city from the fields. His home was in the hill country of Ephraim. But now he was living in the city of Gibeah. (The men of Gibeah were from the family group of Benjamin.)

Judges 19:18

The Levite [154] man answered, “We are traveling from the city Bethlehem, Judah. We are going home. I am from far back in the hill country of Ephraim. I have been to Bethlehem, Judah. And now, I am going to my house. [155]