5 And behold, the men of that city, at night, surrounded the house in which I was staying, intending to kill me. And they abused my wife with such an incredible fury of lust that in the end she died.
6 And taking her up, I cut her into pieces, and I sent the parts into all the borders of your possession. For never before was such a nefarious crime, and so great a sin, committed in Israel.
7 You are all present here, O sons of Israel. Discern what you ought to do.'
8 And all the people, standing, responded as if with the word of one man: 'We shall not return to our own tents, nor shall anyone enter into his own house.
9 But this we shall do in common against Gibeah:
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