"But the menof Gibeahroseup againstme and surroundedthe houseat nightbecauseof me. They intendedto killme; instead, they ravishedmy concubineso that she died.
Do not defileyourselves by anyof thesethings;for by allthesethe nationswhichI am castingout beforeyou have becomedefiled.
then they shall bringout the girlto the doorwayof her father'shouse,and the menof her cityshall stoneher to deathbecauseshe has committedan actof follyin Israelby playingthe harlotin her father'shouse;thus you shall purgethe evilfrom amongyou.
then you shall bringthem bothout to the gateof that cityand you shall stonethem to death;the girl,becauseshe did not cryout in the city,and the man,becausehe has violatedhis neighbor'swife.Thus you shall purgethe evilfrom amongyou.
It shall be that the one who is takenwith the thingsunderthe banshall be burnedwith fire,he and allthat belongs to him, becausehe has transgressedthe covenantof the LORD,and becausehe has committeda disgracefulthingin Israel.'"
While they were celebrating,behold,the menof the city,certainworthlessfellows,surroundedthe house,poundingthe door;and they spoketo the ownerof the house,the oldman,saying,"Bringout the manwhocameinto your housethat we may haverelationswith him."
He saidto her, "Getup and let us go,"but therewas noanswer.Then he placedher on the donkey;and the manaroseand wentto his home.
So the Levite,the husbandof the womanwho was murdered,answeredand said,"I camewith my concubineto spendthe nightat Gibeahwhichbelongs to Benjamin.
