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23 The old man went outside and said, “My friends, please don't commit such a horrible crime against a man who is a guest in my house. 24 Let me send out my daughter instead. She's a virgin. And I'll even send out the man's wife.[a] You can rape them or do whatever else you want, but please don't do such a horrible thing to this man.”

25 The men refused to listen, so the Levite grabbed his wife and shoved her outside. The men raped her and abused her all night long. Finally, they let her go just before sunrise,

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  1. 19.24 wife: See the note at 8.31.

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