²³ And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers, ^(A)do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, ^(B)do not do this vile thing.

^6 (A)So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and ^(B)outrage in Israel.

⁷ The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and ^(A)very angry, because he ^(B)had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, ^(C)for such a thing must not be done.

²¹ then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and ^(A)the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has ^(B)done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. ^(C)So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

¹² She answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate^[a] me, for ^(A)such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this ^(B)outrageous thing.

^15 (A)And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has ^(B)transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done ^(C)an outrageous thing in Israel.’”