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22 While the Levite and those who were with him were enjoying themselves, some very bad men from the city surrounded the house. They began beating on the door. They shouted at the old man who owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”

23 The old man went outside and said to them, “My friends, don’t do such an evil thing! This man is a guest in my house.[a] Don’t commit this terrible sin. 24 Look, here is my daughter. She has never had sex before. I will bring her out to you now. This man also has a slave woman. You can use them any way you want, but don’t do such a terrible sin against this man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:23 This man … my house At this time it was a custom that if you invited people to be your guests, you had to protect and care for those people.

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