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The Levite's concubine
A Levite's concubine is handed to a mob in Gibeah and abused all night. He finds her at the door, orders 'Get up,' and later cuts her body into twelve pieces.
Violence against one woman implicates a society.
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The narrator places the Levite's culpability on par with the attackers'. Civil war follows.
Bible reference: Judges 19
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 372–373
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