“And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.”
The Levite narrates tragedy, yet presents himself as protagonist rather than witness. The phrase "I and my concubine" reduces the woman to an appendage. His framing—"we came to spend the night"—elides his own role in placing her in danger. Authority over narrative means authority over justice; his account omits crucial details about his own decisions.
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