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Summary

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Bible References

They were

Judges 19:6
So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl's father said to the man, "Why not stay another night and have a good time!"
Judges 16:25
When they really started celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson so he can entertain us!" So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.

The men

Judges 20:5
The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.
Genesis 19:4
Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men -- both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom -- surrounded the house.
Hosea 9:9
They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.
Hosea 10:9
O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

Bring forth

Genesis 19:5
They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"
Romans 1:26
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
Jude 1:7
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

General references

Genesis 19:5
They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"
Leviticus 18:22
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

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