When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
"By describing as clearly and graphically as possible the horrible, terror-filled, violent consequences of human self-assertion and idolatry-that is, everybody doing what is right in their own eyes-Judges 19, the book of Judges, and the prophetic canon invite repentance and conformity of self and society to the just, righteous, and peaceful purposes of God." [Note: McCann, p. 132.] 