The travelers bypass Jebus and wait in Gibeah

Jebus is refused because it is not Israel

They are near Jebus when the day is far spent. The servant says, Come, let us turn in to this city of the Jebusites and lodge. His master will not: we will not turn into the city of a stranger that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. He tells the servant they will draw near to one of these places, Gibeah or Ramah, and lodge. The sun goes down on them by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

No one takes them in until a sojourner does

They turn aside to go in and lodge in Gibeah. They sit down in the street of the city, because no man takes them into his house to lodging. An old man comes from his work out of the field at even; he is also of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourns in Gibeah, but the men of the place are Benjaminites. He lifts up his eyes, sees the traveler in the street, and asks where he is going and whence he comes. The Levite answers: they are passing from Bethlehem to the side of Ephraim, he is going to the house of the LORD, and no one has received them. They have straw and provender for the asses, and bread and wine for himself, the handmaid, and the young man; they lack nothing.

The old man says, Peace be with you; howsoever, let all your wants lie on me; only lodge not in the street. He brings them into his house, gives provender to the asses, and they wash their feet and eat and drink. The Levite's trust in an Israelite town has already failed once. The person who practices hospitality is himself a resident outsider. Shared blood has not yet meant shared care.