^{4 Ref} Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

^{5 Ref} And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

^{6 Ref} So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.