³(The descendants^c of Benjamin heard that the Israelites^d had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites^e said, “Tell us, how did this evil act occur?” ⁴The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. ⁵The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she died. ⁶Then I grabbed my concubine and cut her into pieces, and I sent her throughout all the territory of Israel’s inheritance; for they committed a shameful and disgraceful thing in Israel. ⁷Look, all you Israelites!^f Make your decision^g and advice here.”

⁸All the people got up as one body,^h saying, “Not one of us will go to his tent, or will any of us return to his house. ⁹So then, this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against her by lot. ¹⁰We will take ten men of one hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and one thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions to the troops, to repay them when they come to Gibeahⁱ of Benjamin for all the disgraceful things^j they did in Israel.” ¹¹And all the men of Israel were gathered to the city as one body^k united.

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Footnotes

cOr “sons/children”
dLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
eLiterally “sons of Israel” or “children of “Israel”
fLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
gLiterally “give your word”
hHebrew “man”
iHebrew “Geba”
jHebrew “thing”
kHebrew “man”