he urged them greatly The gentle compulsion of Oriental courtesy. To let a stranger sleep out at night would be contrary to all canons of civility, cf. Judges 19:16-22.

a feast Lit. "a drinking feast," and thence "a banquet." Perhaps we may assume that the Angels appeared as poor men needing food and shelter. The neglect of the poor and needy is part of the prophet's reproach against Sodom in Ezekiel 16:49.

unleavened bread Cakes baked hastily without leaven or yeast; the "unleavened cakes" of Judges 6:19.

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