They stayed in the marketplace of Gibeah because no one invited them in for the night. At last, an old man, also from Ephraim, invited them in to receive food, a night's lodging and provisions for their animals. While they were enjoying themselves, evil men of the city surrounded the house and demanded that the Levite be given to them that they might commit homosexual acts with him. The old man pleaded with them on the basis of hospitality not to do such a thing and, like Lot, offered his virgin daughter instead. He finally ended up giving them the Levite's concubine, who they abused all night until she fell down dead at the door (Ruth 19:15-27; compare Genesis 19:1-38).

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