”But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside here into a city of foreigners, who are not of the children of Israel; we will go on to Gibeah.”“ Judges 19:12 NKJV
“We will not turn aside here into a city of foreigners: The Levite and his concubine considered a pagan town too dangerous. They therefore went on to Gibeah, a city of Israel, because they thought they would be safer there.” (Guzik)
”So he said to his servant, “Come, let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”“ Judges 19:13 NKJV
”And they passed by and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.“ Judges 19:14 NKJV
”They turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah. And when he went in, he sat down in the open square of the city, for no one would take them into his house to spend the night.“ Judges 19:15 NKJV
b. No one would take them into his house to spend the night: The Levite and his concubine found no hospitality in Gibeah. This reflects poorly on the people of Gibeah because God commanded such hospitality among the people of God (Leviticus 19:33-34, Leviticus 25:35, Matthew 25:35, Hebrews 13:2). There is something wrong when there is no such hospitality among God’s people.
One dark rainy night while traveling in the mountains Colorado in our van my eyes were heavy and I pulled into a dirt parking area and went to sleep. Shortly later there was a banging on the window that woke me up with someone yelling, “hey man, you going to Pueblo?” NO I replied! I tried in vain to go back to sleep and finally gave up and drove down to road. I didn’t know who it was outside and I would not let him in the van to spend the night because I needed to keep my family safe but I suspect he wasn’t an Angel.
Was the Levite regretting his choices?
Blessings
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