Judges 19:19

19 We already have straw and food for our donkeys and bread and wine for me, the young woman, and my servant. 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 He saw the traveler in the public square and asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"

18 The Levite answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to my home in the mountains of Ephraim. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to the Holy Tent of the Lord. No one has invited me to stay in his house.

19 We already have straw and food for our donkeys and bread and wine for me, the young woman, and my servant. We don't need anything."

20 The old man said, "You are welcome to stay at my house. Let me give you anything you need, but don't spend the night in the public square."

21 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.