Wickedness of the Benjamite Tribe

Wickedness of the Benjamite Tribe

Israel continued its fall into depravity, and even the holiest people did whatever they wanted. A Levite, a minister of God, took on a concubine, who eventually left him. After a while, he left his home in Ephraim to go to Bethlehem and fetch his concubine. But whenever he arrived, the woman's father kept finding ways to keep him at their house. When they finally escaped, the Levite decided to press on to the land of Benjamin. But little did he know that Gibeah had become the new Sodom.

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Judges 19:24
In our last episode, we heard the story of Micah’s spiritual confusion and how the tribe of Dan stole idols from the house of Micah to place in their places of worship in a city they stole from innocent people. It was a sign of Israel’s moral bankruptcy in a time when each person did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Yet as God’s people continued to drift further away from Him, God continued to wait for a time to rescue His children. Today we’ll see that Israel continues its descent into wickedness. And we’ll hear another story of a man straying from God to seek his path. A Levite who will leave his wife and journey with his concubine into dangerous territory, both physically and spiritually. It’s a story that’s destined to end in tragedy. But let us not miss the lesson for those who will listen.
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