IN BIBLE TIMES HOSPITALITY WAS NOT MERELY A GRACIOUS ACT, IT WAS NECESSITY . THERE WERE NO MOTELS, OR HOTELS AS WE KNOW  THEM , ONLY A VERY FEW CRUDE INNS  WITHOUT BATHROOM, BEDROOMS, OR RESTURANTS. STRANGERS WERE TO BE TREATED AS GUESTS, AND THE  HOST WAS EXPECTED NOT ONLY TO HOUSE THEM BUT ALSO TO FEED THEM  AnD PROTECT THEM.