12. But his master replied to him, “We will not stop at a foreign city where there are no Israelites. Let’s move on to Gibeah.”
13. “Come on,” he said, “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
14. So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
15. They stopped to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one took them into their home to spend the night.
16. In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim but was residing in Gibeah, and the men of that place were Benjaminites.
17. When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from? ”
18. He answered him, “We’re traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I’m going to the house of the Lord. No one has taken me into his home,
19. although we have both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man with your servant. There is nothing we lack.”
20. “Peace to you,” said the old man. “I’ll take care of everything you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.”
21. So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. Then they washed their feet and ate and drank.
22. While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden, perverted men of the city surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man who was the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him! ”
23. The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, don’t do this evil, my brothers. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t do this horrible thing.
24. Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine now. Use them and do whatever you want to them. But don’t do this horrible thing to this man.”