4 The husband of the murdered woman answered:My wife and I went into the town of Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
5 Later that night, the men of Gibeah surrounded the house. They wanted to kill me, but instead they raped and killed my wife.
6 It was a terrible thing for Israelites to do! So I cut up her body and sent the pieces everywhere in Israel.
7 You are the people of Israel, and you must decide today what to do about the men of Gibeah.
8 The whole army was in agreement, and they said, “None of us will go home.
9-10 We'll send one tenth of the men from each tribe to get food for the army. And we'll ask God who should attack Gibeah, because those men deserve to be punished for committing such a horrible crime in Israel.”
11 Everyone agreed that Gibeah had to be punished.