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Judges 19:21

So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

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.
Amplified Bible
So he brought him into his house and fed the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
New American Standard Bible
So he took 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 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) 17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, "Where are you heading? Where do you come from?" 18 The Levite said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That's where I'm from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I'm heading home. But no one has invited me into their home. 19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing." 20 The old man said, "Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don't spend the night in the town square." 21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

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
Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it."
Genesis 12:2
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
Genesis 18:24
What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
Genesis 19:9
"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.
Genesis 19:15
At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!"
Genesis 19:16
When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.
Psalms 34:15
The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.
Psalms 102:17
when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
Psalms 145:19
He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers 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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