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Judges 19:15

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

No man - took them into his house to lodging - There was probably no inn or house of public entertainment in this place, and therefore they could not have a lodging unless furnished by mere hospitality. To say that there were no inns in those primitive times, is not true; there were such places, though not very frequent. Joseph's brethren found their money in their sacks when they loosed them at an inn, Genesis 42:27. The house of Rahab was an inn, Joshua 2:1. And the woman whose house Samson frequented at Gaza was a hostess, or one who kept a place of public entertainment.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

A street - Probably the square or place within the gates, where courts were held, bargains made, and where the chief men and strangers congregated.