Juízes 19:15

15 Ali entraram para passar a noite. Foram sentar-se na praça da cidade. E ninguém os convidou para passarem a noite em sua casa.

Juízes 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 19:15

And they turned aside thither to go in and lodge in Gibeah,
&c.] Instead of going right forward, and passing by Gibeah, over against which they were, they turned out of their road, and went into the city to seek a lodging in it:

and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city;
to see whether any person would invite him into any of their houses, as was usual in those hospitable times and countries, and where there were few inns for the entertainment of travellers and strangers, or none at all, and especially in cities; if any where, they were upon the public road:

for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging;
the spirit of hospitality being greatly declined, and even gone from among them; or as some think, those that had such a spirit, and were willing to receive strangers, were afraid, because of their wicked neighbours, who would beset their houses to abuse strangers, as the sequel of this history shows.

Juízes 19:15 In-Context

13 E acrescentou: “Ande! Vamos tentar chegar a Gibeá ou a Ramá e passar a noite num desses lugares”.

14 Então prosseguiram, e o sol se pôs quando se aproximavam de Gibeá de Benjamim.

15 Ali entraram para passar a noite. Foram sentar-se na praça da cidade. E ninguém os convidou para passarem a noite em sua casa.

16 Naquela noite, um homem idoso procedente dos montes de Efraim e que estava morando em Gibeá (os homens do lugar eram benjamitas), voltava de seu trabalho no campo.

17 Quando viu o viajante na praça da cidade, o homem idoso perguntou: “Para onde você está indo? De onde vem?”