George Leo Haydock, on Judg 19:29

“And when he was come home he took a sword, and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts, and sent the pieces into all the borders of Israel.”

“Israel. One part, like an epistle, written with blood, to every tribe. (Salien) — Some, without reason, think that Benjamin was neglected: but they were to be summoned, to bring their guilty brethren (Calmet) to condign punishment, or to share in their fate, as accomplices of the crime. (Haydock) — The state of the republic authorized the Levite to take this extraordinary method of rousing all to a sense of horror for what had been done. (Calmet) — His brethren, dispersed through the country, would no doubt take part in his grief.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.