28 He said to her, “Get up, let us be going.” (A)But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went away to his home. 29 And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he (B)divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel. 30 (C)And all who saw it said, “Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; (D)consider it, take counsel, and speak.”

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