Gibeah’s Crime

22 As they were penjoying themselves, suddenly qcertain men of the city, rperverted 3men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, s“Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!”

23 But tthe man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, udo not commit this outrage. 24 vLook, here is my virgin daughter and 4the man’s concubine; let me bring them out now. wHumble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!” 25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they xknew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.

26 Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.

27 When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold. 28 And he said to her, “Get up and let us be going.” But ythere was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place.

29 When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and zdivided her into twelve pieces, 5limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel. 30 And so it was that all who saw it said, “No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, aconfer, and speak up!”