3 (The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said to the Levite, “Tell us how this evil thing happened.”
4 So the husband of the murdered woman answered: “My slave woman and I came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
5 During the night the men of Gibeah came after me. They surrounded the house and wanted to kill me. They raped my slave woman. And she died!
6 So I took her and cut her into parts. Then I sent one part to each area of Israel’s land. I did it because the people of Benjamin have done this wicked and terrible thing in Israel.
7 Now, all you men of Israel, speak up. Tell what you have decided we should do.”
8 Then all the people stood up at the same time. They said, “None of us will go home. Not one of us will go back to his house!
9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah. We will throw lots so that God can show us what to do.