20. Then the old man said, “Welcome! Let me take care of your needs. Just don’t spend the night in the city square.”
21. So he took the Levite to his house and fed the donkeys. After they washed, they ate and drank.
22. While they were enjoying themselves, some worthless men from the city surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They told the old man, the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we can have sex with him.”
23. The owner went out to them. He told them, “No, my friends! Please don’t do anything so evil! This man is a guest in my home. Don’t do such a godless thing!
24. Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. Rape them, and do with them whatever you want. Just don’t do such a godless thing to this man.”
25. But the men refused to listen to him. So the Levite grabbed his concubine and forced her outside. They had sex with her and abused her all night until morning. They let her go when the sun was coming up.
26. At daybreak, the woman came to the door of the house where her husband was and collapsed. She was still there when it became light.