4. responded: "I went to Gibeah of Benjamin, with my wife, and I diverted to that place.
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."