Sin seeks darkness not light
English: English translation of hebrew version. Map of the twelve tribes of Israel, before the move of Dan to the North (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light." ( Judges 19:26 ) This tragic story took place in Israel in a time when "every man did that which was right in his own eyes" ( Judges 21:25 ). The woman was of the tribe of Judah , concubine to a Levite dwelling among the tribe of Ephraim . Although she had been unfaithful, he had taken her back and they were traveling to Ephraim, staying overnight in a city of Benjamin. The "sons of Belial " among the Benjamites , however, had abused the woman throughout the night, leaving her dead at "the dawning of the day." The whole sordid story illustrates the depths of depravity to which even men among God's chosen people can descend under cover of darkness.