* 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.
  Ge 19:8  Ro 3:8 
 * humble ye.
  Ge 34:2 *marg:
  De 21:14 
 * so vile a thing.  Heb. the matter of this folly.