21 aSo he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

22 While they were 1celebrating, behold, athe men of the city, certain 2bworthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have 3relations with him.”

23 Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, ado not commit this act of folly.

24 “aHere is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them 1whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”

25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn.

26 1As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man’s house where her master was, until full daylight.

27 When her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

28 He said to her, “Get up and let us go,” abut there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his 1home.

29 When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and acut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

30 All who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, atake counsel and speak up!”