11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant(A) said to his master, “Please, why not let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here?”

12 But his master replied to him, “We will not stop at a foreign city where there are no Israelites. Let’s move on to Gibeah.”(B) 13 “Come on,” he said,[a] “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

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Footnotes

  1. 19:13 Lit said to his servant

11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites(A) and spend the night.”

12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.” 13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah(B) and spend the night in one of those places.”

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