Judges 20:5-10

5That night some important men of Gibeah came to the house to attack me. They stood all around the house. They wanted to kill me, but they took hold of my wife instead. They made her have sex with them, and she died.

6I took her body home and I cut it into 12 pieces. I sent the pieces everywhere in the land of Israel. I did this to show what a terrible thing these men had done.

7So now all you people of Israel must decide what you will do about it.’

8All the people stood up together. They all promised, ‘None of us will go home. Not one of us will return to his house.

9Instead, this is what we will do to the people of Gibeah. We will use lots to decide who should attack the city.

10We will take ten men from every 100 men in each tribe. We will take 100 men from every 1,000 men, and 1,000 men from every 10,000 men. Those men will find food for the other soldiers. That will be their job. Then the other soldiers will be able to attack Gibeah. They will punish Gibeah's people as they deserve for the terrible thing that they have done.’