28 He said to her, "Get up and let us go ," but there was no answer . Then he placed her on the donkey ; and the man arose and went to his home . 29 When he entered his house , he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve e pieces , limb by limb , and sent her throughout the territory of Israel .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 19:28-29
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The wickedness of the men of Gibeah.
The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permits sinners to execute just vengeance on one another, and if the scene here described is horrible, what will the discoveries of the day of judgment be! Let each of us consider how to escape from the wrath to come, how to mortify the sins of our own hearts, to resist Satan's temptations, and to avoid the pollutions there are in the world.