Judg 19:24 | TSK | e4.org | Behold The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East, and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated. them ; humble ye *marg. so vile a thing Heb. the matter of this folly

‏ Judges 19:24

Behold The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East, and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.

them Gen 19:8; Rom 3:8

humble ye Gen 34:2 *marg. Deut 21:14

so vile a thing Heb. the matter of this folly