Who cares, I'm glad YOU'RE here!
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he
went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took
them into his house to lodging.
16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even,
which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of
the place were Benjamites.
17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the
city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
18And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of
mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am
now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to
house.
19Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and
wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with
thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
20And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon
me; only lodge not in the street.
21So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they
washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and
spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that
came into thine house, that we may know him.
23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them,
Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is
come into mine house, do not this folly.
24Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring
out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you:
but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and
brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night
until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of
the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
27And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and
went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down
at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the
man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and
sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen
from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto
this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
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