The unfortunate wife of the Levite is raped all night until dawn (25). Throughout the story, she remains voiceless. People talk about her, negotiate with her body, and we don’t know if she wanted to return to her husband; her father and the Levite decide for her, and evil townspeople subjugate her. The tragic story ends when the woman falls into the hands of the Levite at the doorway of the house (27). At this point, the reader might wonder which is worse: the wicked men who rape the concubine all night or the “forgetful” Levite who acts as if nothing has happened to her? The Levite’s attitude is unforgivable; he sacrifices her once and then again by choosing to forget the events of the previous night when he leaves his host’s house in the morning. Is the woman dead? The LXX version officially states that the woman is dead, but the Hebrew text is more ambiguous on this point. When the Levite enters the house, he takes the knife and cuts the woman into twelve pieces, who appears to be still alive. The anonymous concubine, who has been silenced throughout the story, now “speaks” through her dismembered body to all of Israel. Still, her message remains that of her oppressor, since the Levite manipulates his wife’s death.