⁷ Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a ^[a](A)disgraceful thing in Israel ^[b]by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

²⁹ ‘^(A)Do not ^[a]profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

^9 (A)Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

¹⁷ “^(A)None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, ^(B)nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. ¹⁸ You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a ^[a](C)dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

⁵ But the ^(A)men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me; instead, they ^(B)ravished my concubine so that she died. ⁶ And I ^(C)took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance; for ^(D)they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel. ⁷ Behold, all you sons of Israel, ^(E)give your advice and counsel here.”

⁸ Then all the people arose as one man, saying, “Not one of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us return to his house. ⁹ But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot. ¹⁰ And we will take 10 men out of 100 throughout the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 to ^[a]supply food for the people, that when they come to ^[b]Gibeah of Benjamin, they may ^[c]punish them for all the disgraceful acts that they have committed in Israel.”

¹² But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for ^(A)such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this ^(B)disgraceful thing! ¹³ As for me, where could I ^[a]get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the ^[b]fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for ^(C)he will not withhold me from you.”