²⁰ The old man said, ‘Do not worry. I will take care of you. Please come into my house, but do not stay for the night in this public place.’

²¹ So the old man took the Levite into his house, and he fed the donkeys. When they had washed their feet, they ate a meal.

²² They were enjoying their time together. Suddenly, some wicked men who lived in the city came to the house. They stood all around it and they hit the door hard. They shouted to the old man who lived there, ‘Bring out the man who came to visit you. We want to have sex with him.’