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20 The old man replied, “Don’t be alarmed. I’ll take care of all your needs. Just don’t spend the night in the public square.” 21 So he took him into his home and fed the donkeys while they refreshed themselves and had dinner.[a]

22 While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden certain ungodly men[b] who lived in the city surrounded the house, pounded on the door, and ordered the old man who owned the home, “Bring out the man who came to visit your home so we can have sex with him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:21 Lit. they washed their feet and ate and drank
  2. Judges 19:22 Lit. men of Belial; i.e. men so wicked as to be worthy of death