Judges 19:24 (KJV)
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Behold here is my daughtera maidenand his concubinethem I will bring outnow and humbleye them and dowith them what seemeth goodunto you but unto this man donot so vilea thing
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Behold.The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East: and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated. so vile a thing. Heb. the matter of this folly.
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