Judges 19:19

19 We have straw and feed for our donkeys. We have food and wine for ourselves. We have enough for me, my female servant and the young man who is with us. We don't need anything."

Judges 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:19

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses
Straw to litter them with, and provender to feed them with, which he had brought with him on them:

and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thine handmaid;
meaning himself and his concubine; there were enough for them both, which were packed up, and carried by the asses:

and for the young man which is with thy servants;
the supplement, which is, seems quite needless, and even impertinent; for as yet the young man, by whom he means his servant, was not as yet in company with the servants of the old man; but the sense is, that there was not only provisions with him for himself, and his wife, and also for his servant, but even enough for the servants of the old man, whether maid or manservants: there is no want of anything; and therefore none needed to be shy of taking them in, since they should not be burdensome to any upon any account; all they wanted was a lodging.

Judges 19:19 In-Context

17 The old man saw the traveler in the main street. He asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

18 The Levite answered, "We've come from Bethlehem in Judah. We're on our way to Ephraim. I live deep in the hill country there. I've been to Bethlehem. Now I'm going to the house of the Lord. But no one has taken me home for the night.

19 We have straw and feed for our donkeys. We have food and wine for ourselves. We have enough for me, my female servant and the young man who is with us. We don't need anything."

20 "You are welcome at my house," the old man said. "I'd be happy to supply anything you might need. But don't spend the night in the street."

21 So the old man took him into his house and fed his donkeys. After the travelers had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink.