Judges 19:27
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
Judges 19:27 stands in chapters 17-21, the closing section of the book that records events from the early part of the period of the judges even though it comes after the main story ending with chapter 16. That closing section chronologically comes before Judges 11-16. The verse is part of Israel's backsliding, which shows that no one can backslide with impunity.
Gibeah, where the woman is found, means high and lies within an hour's walk from Jerusalem. It stands 2,690 feet above the sea and about 200 feet higher than Jerusalem, commanding a fine view beyond the Dead Sea far into the mountains of Moab. The verse shows the fallen concubine of the Levite at the door at Gibeah of Benjamin, part of the disgraceful crime and murder committed by the people of Gibeah. The whole tribe of Benjamin identified itself with that crime. In that episode hospitality was valued above a woman's virtue and safety.
The account belongs to Israel's backsliding into gross immorality. It shows how far society had fallen when people did what seemed right in their own eyes. That backsliding brought disgrace and punishment that nearly resulted in the extermination of the tribe of Benjamin. No one can backslide with impunity, and the surrounding corruption does not excuse the sin involved.