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New American Standard Bible

Judges 19:21

So he took him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Beneficence;   Gibeah;   Hospitality;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Travellers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Garments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hospitality;   House;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hospitality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Footwashing;   Gibeah;   Hospitality;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Bethlehem;   Fodder;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Provender;   Samson;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Travel (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hosea ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Concubine;   Gibeah;   Washing of the hands and feet;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hospitality;   Washing the Hands and Feet;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ass;   Provender;   Washing of Feet;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baths, Bathing;   Bul;   Feet, Washing of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. Then they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Hebrew Names Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
King James Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Lexham English Bible
So he brought him to his house, and he fed the donkeys; they washed their feet, ate, and drank.
English Standard Version
So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
New Century Version
So the old man took the Levite into his house, and he fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and had something to eat and drink.
New English Translation
So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.
Amplified Bible
So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he brought him into his house, & gaue fodder vnto the asses: and they washed their feete, and did eate and drinke.
Legacy Standard Bible
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Contemporary English Version
The old man brought them into his house and fed their donkeys. Then he and his guests washed their feet and began eating and drinking.
Complete Jewish Bible
So he brought him home and gave food to the donkeys. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
Darby Translation
And he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the old man took the Levite and the people with him to his house. He fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and then had something to eat and drink.
George Lamsa Translation
So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to his asses; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Good News Translation
So he took them home with him and fed their donkeys. His guests washed their feet and had a meal.
Literal Translation
And he brought him to his house, and mixed fodder for the asses. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he broughte him in to his house, and gaue the asses prouender: and they washed their fete, and ate & dronke.
American Standard Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Bible in Basic English
So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so he brought him into his house, and gaue fodder vnto the Asses: and they wasshed their feete, and dyd eate and drynke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
King James Version (1611)
So he brought him into his house, and gaue prouender vnto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eate and drinke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he brought him into his house, and made room for his asses; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
English Revised Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Berean Standard Bible
So he brought him to his house and fed his donkeys. And they washed their feet and ate and drank.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he brouyte hym in to his hows, and yaf `mete to the assis; and after that thei waischiden her feet, he resseyuede hem `in to feeste.
Young's Literal Translation
And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink.
Update Bible Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender to the asses: and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
World English Bible
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
New King James Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
New Living Translation
So he took them home with him and fed the donkeys. After they washed their feet, they ate and drank together.
New Life Bible
So he took him into his house and gave food to the donkeys. The people washed their feet and ate and drank.
New Revised Standard
So he brought him into his house, and fed the donkeys; they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he brought him into his house, and gave provender to the asses, - and they bathed their feet, and did eat and drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought him into his house, and gave provender to his asses: and after they had washed their feet, he entertained them with a feast.
Revised Standard Version
So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

Contextual Overview

16 Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites. 17 And he raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the public square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going, and where do you come from?" 18 And he said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to my house, and no one will take me into his house. 19 "Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and your female slave, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything." 20 Then the old man said, "Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the public square." 21 So he took him into his house and fed the donkeys, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

So he brought: Genesis 24:32, Genesis 43:24

they washed: Genesis 18:4, 1 Samuel 25:41, 2 Samuel 11:8, Luke 7:44, John 13:4, John 13:5, John 13:14, John 13:15, 1 Timothy 5:10

Reciprocal: Judges 19:6 - let thine heart 1 Kings 13:7 - refresh Job 31:32 - The stranger Isaiah 58:7 - bring Acts 16:15 - And she

Cross-References

Genesis 4:7
"If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Genesis 12:2
And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 18:24
"Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 19:8
"Now look, I have two daughters who have not had relations with any man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do not do anything to these men, because they have come under the shelter of my roof."
Genesis 19:9
But they said, "Get out of the way!" They also said, "This one came in as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!" So they pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break the door.
Genesis 19:15
When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:16
But he hesitated. So the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city.
Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help.
Psalms 102:17
He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
Psalms 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry for help and save them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he brought him into his house,.... Showed him the way to it, and in a kind and friendly manner introduced him, and bid him welcome:

and gave provender unto the asses; this is mentioned first, it being then perhaps, as now, the first thing that a careful man is concerned for, to see that his cattle is taken care of, and then himself; and such a method this ancient good man took with his guest:

and they washed their feet; which was commonly done to strangers in those hot countries, and was very refreshing, see Genesis 18:4

and did eat and drink; sat down at table and supped with him.


 
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