Judges 19:27-29

Contemporary English Version

²⁷ About that time, her husband woke up and got ready to leave. He opened the door and went outside, where he found his wife lying at the door with her hands on the doorstep. ²⁸ “Get up!” he said. “It's time to leave.”

But his wife didn't move.^[a]

He lifted her body onto his donkey and left. ^29 (A) When he got home, he took a butcher knife and cut her body into twelve pieces. Then he told some messengers, “Take one piece to each tribe of Israel