This is a perfect picture of the manners of the time. It is probable that the father showed more than usual hospitality, in order to ensure the kin…

The day is drawing toward evening. —Literally, is weak, or has slackened to evening. The father had purposely de…

And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and
his servant
Rose up fro…

The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permit…