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Patristic A.D. 397 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Judg 19:15-17 (LETTER 33)

Ambrose of Milan, on Judg 19:15

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397
Judg 19:15 · Douay-Rheims
“And they turned into it, to lodge there. And when they were come in, they sat in the street of the city, for no man would receive them to lodge.”
On this verse:
“The Gabanites lived there, unfriendly, harsh, unbearable people, who could stand anything but to receive people hospitably. Indeed, it would have been much more suitable had the Levite not sought hospitality in Gaba [Gibeah]. That his treatment be utterly offensive, he found on entering the city that there was no inn. And when he sat on the road imploring the mercy of these strangers, an old man from the fields happened to stumble on him, for evening had compelled him to leave his work in the fields at night. Seeing him, he asked where he was from and where he was going.”

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