⁶ So ^(A)I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, because they ^(B)committed lewdness and outrage in Israel.

²⁹ When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and ^(A)divided her into twelve pieces, ^[a]limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

²³ But ^(A)the 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, ^(B)do not commit this outrage.

^15 (A)Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has ^(B)transgressed^[a] the covenant of the Lord, and because he ^(C)has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”

⁷ And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he ^(A)had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, ^(B)a thing which ought not to be done.

¹⁰ We will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the vileness that they have done in Israel.”

¹² But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not ^[a]force me, for ^(A)no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this ^(B)disgraceful thing! ¹³ And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; ^(C)for he will not withhold me from you.”