Judges 19:23
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What does Judges 19:23 mean?
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto
them
Opened the door, and went out to converse with them, and talked
them after this manner:
and said unto them, nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do
not so
wickedly;
it is plain he understood them in such sense, that they meant not
bare knowledge of the man, as who he was but to commit wickedness
the most abominable; so great, that it cannot be well said how
great it is; and to dissuade from it, he uses the most tender
language, and the most earnest entreaties:
seeing this man is come into my house, do not this
folly;
he argues from the law of hospitality, which ought not to be
infringed; a man being obliged to protect a stranger under his
roof; and from the nature of the crime, which was folly,
stupidity, and what was abominable to the last degree.
