# turned aside

This means to take a break from their journey and stop at a place along the route. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Judges 19:11](../19/11.md). Alternate translation: "stopped" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# the city square

the marketplace where people gathered during the day

# took them into his house

This phrase means for someone to invite them to spend the night in their home. Alternate translation: "invited them to stay in their house for that night" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])