New American Bible, Revised Edition

Judges 19:20-23 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

20. “Rest assured,” the old man said to him, “I will provide for all your needs, but do not spend the night in the public square.”

21. So he led them to his house and mixed fodder for the donkeys. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

22. While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, a bunch of scoundrels, 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 has come into your house, so that we may get intimate with him.”

23. The man who was the owner of the house went out to them and said, “No, my brothers; do not be so wicked. This man has come into my house; do not commit this terrible crime.