Judges 19:23

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…

This man is come into mine house - He appeals to the sacred rights of hospitality, just as Lot did Gen 19:8. Both cases betray painfully the low place in the social scale occupied by woman in the old…

Here is, I. The great wickedness of the men of Gibeah. One could not imagine that ever it should enter into the heart of men that had the use of human reason, of Israelites that had the benefit of…

Nay, my brethren … wickedly Similarly Gen 19:7.

do not … folly This translation is only a makeshift. The Hebr. nebâlâhmeans much more than folly; it implies moral insensibility, repudiation of the…