All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
"This is the thing which we will do to Gibeah"  (Judges 20:9).  The unanimous decision was to put to death the guilty men of Gibeah.  This intention to put to death the guilty men of Gibeah was fully in accordance with God's will.  The law of Moses designated such a crime as the rape of the concubine a capital offense and commanded the execution of the death penalty upon the perpetrators  (Deuteronomy 22:22).  It is to the credit of Israel, however, that they moved first toward a simple resolution of the matter through negotiations.