¹⁶ That evening^(A) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,^(B) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.

²² While they were enjoying themselves,^(A) some of the wicked men^(B) of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.^(C)”