”Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!”“ Judges 19:24 NKJV
”But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.“ Judges 19:25 NKJV
The man took his concubine and brought her out to them: Though the perverted men of Gibeah were clearly guilty, so were the Levite and the host of the home. They clearly should have been willing to sacrifice themselves before their daughters and companions.
i. Each person in this sordid drama was guilty, except of course for the concubine herself.
· The wicked men of Gibeah who were more like men of Sodom and Gomorrah than men of Israel.
· The master of the house who was willing to sacrifice his own daughter.
· The Levite who cared nothing for his concubine. (Guzik)
And they knew her and abused her: When describing the full meaning of the original Hebrew, Adam Clarke, due to modesty, did not translate the meaning into English. He left it in Latin so only the learned could understand the full implications of the wickedness and perversion of the men of Gibeah.
i. “One can easily see why the concubine had left her husband in the first place. She was virtually sacrificed to save his skin as the men sexually abused her all night.” (Wolf)
ii. Clarke on Gibeah’s sinful men: “Rascals and miscreants of the deepest dye; worse than brutes, being a compound of beast and devil inseparably blended.”
iii. Centuries later, Israel still remembered this crime at Gibeah, and used it as an example of wickedness. They are deeply corrupted, as in the days of Gibeah (Hosea 9:9); O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah (Hosea 10:9). (Guzik)
”Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.“ Judges 19:26 NKJV
Wickedness
Wickedness still exists around us today and all you have to do is open your eyes 👀 to witness it. My wife watches tv shows like, Unsolved Mysteries, Cold Case Files where they re-examine unsolved murders and solve them with new technology. Watch a few of them and you will quickly see the wickedness of men and women!
One day it will come to pass:
”The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.“
Revelation 20:13 NKJV
“And they were judged, each one according to his works.” Let that sink in!
Have you been washed clean with the blood of Christ?
Blessings
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