Judges 19:17
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
The old man lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the street of the city, then asked him where he was going and where he had come from. The verse belongs to the closing chapters of Judges, chapters 17-21.
Those closing chapters record events from the early part of the history of the judges and are placed out of chronological order, with the main story of the book ending at chapter 16. The verse belongs to the account of the crime at Gibeah, whose people were joined by the tribe of Benjamin. Those closing chapters record internecine strife, ruffianism, and bloodshed.
The surrounding events reveal Israel's backsliding and grave moral corruption in the period when people did what seemed right in their own eyes. That backsliding brought resulting disgrace and punishment, and must not be taken to mean that one can backslide with impunity. The chapter values conventional hospitality above a woman's virtue and tribal loyalty above justice, but neither custom excuses sin.