^6 (A)So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and ^(B)outrage in Israel.

⁷ He took a yoke of oxen ^(A)and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, ^(B)“Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out ^(C)as one man.