27. When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.
28. He said, “Get up! Let’s go!” But there was no answer. So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.
29. When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine’s body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel.
30. Everyone who saw it said, “Such a horrible crime has not been committed in all the time since Israel left Egypt. Think about it! What are we going to do? Who’s going to speak up?”