28 And he said unto her, up, and let us go: but she answered not. Then he took her up upon the ass, and the man rose up, and went unto his [a]place.

29 And when he was come to his house, he took a knife and laid hand on his concubine, and divided her in pieces with her bones into twelve parts, and sent her through all quarters of Israel.

30 And all that saw it, said, There was no [b]such thing done or seen since the time that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt unto this day: consider the matter, consult and give sentence.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 19:28 Meaning, home unto mount Ephraim.
  2. Judges 19:30 For this was like the sin of Sodom for the which God rained down fire and brimstone from heaven.

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