Judges 21:24
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
The verse stands in chapters 17-21, which record events from the early part of the history of the judges, though they are placed at the end of the book whose main story ends with chapter 16. It belongs to the closing record of the crime at Gibeah and the events involving the tribe of Benjamin. It shows how low Israel had fallen in pitiful and fearful backsliding before Samuel the prophet, a course that brought disgrace and punishment.
It exposes a time when conventional hospitality was put above female virtue and loyalty to a tribe was put above rendering justice, a condition still seen today. Even in this setting of backsliding, the book also records God's great mercy and goodness.
The record of backsliding warns that such conduct cannot be done with impunity, and there is never excuse for sin. The deliverers God used in this period are not set before us as examples to follow, for He took the very best material at His hand, though it was sometimes very crude and rough as in the case of Samson.