4. So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, "My secondary wife and I came to Gibeah of Benjamin to spend the night,
5. and the leading citizens of Gibeah tried to attack me. They surrounded me in the house at night and were determined to kill me. They abused my secondary wife until she died.
6. I took her, chopped her up, and sent her pieces into every part of Israel’s territory, because they had committed a disgraceful act in Israel.
7. All you Israelites, say what you think should be done here and now!"
8. At this, all the people stood as one to say, "Not a single one of us is going home or returning to our house!