²⁸ He said, “Get up! Let’s go!” But there was no answer.^[a] So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.

⁵ That night some of the leading citizens of Gibeah surrounded the house, planning to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she was dead.

²⁹ They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.