This is the Word of the Concubine

God made the Angels from fire. And when God made man he made him from clay. And God told the angels to bow down to man. And all did, save one, Satan, for Satan thought that that of fire should not bow down to clay. And for his vanity God cast Satan out of heaven.
I am concubine. In Bethlehem my lord stayed at my father’s house five days, feasting and making merry. Then he put me on an ass, called me concubine and let me away.
In Gibeah we stopped for shelter. No room at the inn. But an old man returning from the fields, being also of my lord’s hometown, had pity on us. He took us in.
While he and my lord broke bread the men of the town laid siege to the house. They demanded the stranger be sent out, for sport. But our host, a man of honor, told them he would allow no guest of his to suffer an abomination. He would sooner they took his daughters and me, the concubine. But they would not be appeased.
Finally, it was I alone who was sent out. To save themselves they sent me out. God listened to Daniel in the lion’s den but he did not listen to me who was made from the rib of man.
In the dawn I was still not yet dead. I crawled back to the door of the house. My lord found me in his path as he exited. He spoke words but I could not answer. He put me on an ass and carried me back to his hometown. Was I dead when he took a knife to my flesh? He made twelve pieces of me. To the twelve tribes of Israel he sent my bloody bones, that the abomination of my flesh might be a sign of the hospitality of Gibeah. To avenge the injustice done my lord the house of Israel declared war on the house of Benjamin. Thousands fell before Benjamin was humbled, but I say to you husband, why did you send me out? And I say to you Lord, why did you not hear me cry? You cast Satan out because he would not bow down to clay. Did you not send him to hell? This is the word of the concubine.

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