bad wife, bad men
Judges 19:30
"Everyone who saw it said, 'Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Think about it! Consider it! Tell us what to do!'"
This passage marks the beginning of probably one of the most controversial stories in the Bible - I know some critics cite this story saying that it proves that God condones spousal abuse, rape, and murder. I would say that this story contains lessons for us not to imitate their behavior, but to observe the sinfulness that was in each character.
Every character in the story has some sort of fault or foible - the concubine, who is unfaithful and runs away from her husband; the old man of Gibeah, who while hospitable, wrongly offered up his daughter; the group of men from Gibeah who wanted to rape the Levite, but instead abused the concubine; and the Levite, who cowardly offered up his concubine instead of defending her. Nobody was completely innocent.
"Everyone who saw it said, 'Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Think about it! Consider it! Tell us what to do!'"
This passage marks the beginning of probably one of the most controversial stories in the Bible - I know some critics cite this story saying that it proves that God condones spousal abuse, rape, and murder. I would say that this story contains lessons for us not to imitate their behavior, but to observe the sinfulness that was in each character.
Every character in the story has some sort of fault or foible - the concubine, who is unfaithful and runs away from her husband; the old man of Gibeah, who while hospitable, wrongly offered up his daughter; the group of men from Gibeah who wanted to rape the Levite, but instead abused the concubine; and the Levite, who cowardly offered up his concubine instead of defending her. Nobody was completely innocent.
posted by G @ 9:25 PM
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