Shìshījì 19:16

16 Wǎnshang , yǒu yī gè lǎo nián rén cóng tiánjiān zuò gōng huí lái . tā yuán shì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de rén , zhù zaì jī bǐ yà . nà dìfang de rén què shì Biànyǎmǐn rén .

Shìshījì 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:16

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the
field at even
Which is the time that men come from their labour, and take their rest; and this man, though a man in years, and of some substance, as appears by what follows, yet attended the business of his calling, which was very commendable in him:

which was also of Mount Ephraim;
as the Levite was, which when the old man understood, he was the more ready no doubt to receive him into his house:

and he sojourned in Gibeah;
he was not a native of the place, and yet more kind to strangers than such as were; nor does he appear to be a Levite, though it was a Levitical city; on what account he sojourned here is not manifest:

but the men of the place were Benjamites:
for as yet the number of Levites were not large, others dwelt in the cities besides them, even such as were of the tribe to which they belonged.

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Shìshījì 19:16 In-Context

14 Tāmen jiù wǎng qián zǒu . jiāng dào Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà , rìtou yǐjing luō le .
15 Tāmen jìnrù jī bǐ yà yào zaì nàli zhù sù , jiù zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , yīnwei wú rén jiē tāmen jìn jiā zhù sù .
16 Wǎnshang , yǒu yī gè lǎo nián rén cóng tiánjiān zuò gōng huí lái . tā yuán shì Yǐfǎlián shān dì de rén , zhù zaì jī bǐ yà . nà dìfang de rén què shì Biànyǎmǐn rén .
17 Lǎo nián rén jǔmù kànjian kèren zuò zaì chéng lǐ de jiē shàng , jiù wèn tā shuō , nǐ cóng nǎli lái . yào wǎng nǎli qù .
18 Tā huídá shuō , wǒmen cóng Yóudà de Bólìhéng lái , yào wǎng Yǐfǎlián shān dì nàbiān qù . wǒ yuán shì nàli de rén , dào guō Yóudà de Bólìhéng , xiànzaì wǒ wǎng Yēhéhuá de diàn qù , zaì zhèlǐ wú rén jiē wǒ jìn tāde jiā .
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