Judg 19:22-28 | ESV | STEP | As they were making their hearts merry , behold , the men of the city , worthless fellows , surrounded the house , beating on the door . And they said to the old man , the master of the house , Bring out the man who came into your house , that we may know him.

g[See ver. 23 above]

Judges 19:22-28

Gibeah’s Crime

22 As they were ^amaking their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, ^bsurrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.” 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers, ^cdo not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, ^ddo not do this vile thing. 24 ^eBehold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out now. ^fViolate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man ^gdo not do this outrageous thing.” 25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. 26 And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light.

27 And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said to her, “Get up, let us be going.” ^hBut there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went away to his home.