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Judges 19:16-26

Judges 19:16-26 FBV

But later that evening an old man came by, returning from working in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but was now living in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He looked over and noticed the traveler in the square and asked, “Where are you going and where have you come from?” “We've come from Bethlehem in Judah and we're going to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim,” the man replied. “I'm from there and I went to Bethlehem, and now I'm going to the Lord's Temple. No one here has invited me to stay. There's straw and food for our donkeys, and we your servants have bread and wine—enough for me, the woman, and my servant. We have all we need.” “You are welcome to stay with me,” the man replied. “I can let you have everything you need. Just don't spend the night here in the square.” He took him home and fed the donkeys. The travelers washed their feet and then started to eat and drink. While they were enjoying themselves, some depraved men from the town came and surrounded the house and banged on the door, shouting to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to stay in your house so we can have sex with him.” The man who owned the house went outside and told them, “My brothers, don't act in such an evil way! This man is a guest in my house. Don't do something so disgusting! Look, here's my virgin daughter and the man's concubine. Let me bring them out and you can rape them and do whatever you want to them. But don't do something so disgusting to this man.” But the men refused to listen, so the man grabbed his concubine and threw her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and only discarded her at dawn. As night turned into day she returned to the house where her master was staying and collapsed in front of the door as it got light.

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