Judges 17; Judges 18; Judges 19; Judges 20
Micah has a house of gods (images) and consecrates his own priests. The Danites send men to seek an inheritance. They take Micah’s images and priest, burn the city of Laish, and set up idolatry. A Levite’s concubine returns to her father. Her husband takes her back, and they lodge overnight in Gibeah. The men of Gibeah abuse the concubine and she dies. The Levite husband cuts her into twelve pieces and sends them to the tribes of Israel. All Israel arises against the Benjaminites, who refuse to deliver up the men of Gibeah. The Benjamites are smitten and destroyed.
Often we take too narrow a view of life like the little twig on the end of furthest limb of a tree. It is vital with buds and blossoms full and fragrant. However, it would be foolish for that little twig to say it had no need of the limb. Cut from the tree it could not survive a single day but it would wither and die. Its beauty and fragrance gone. To be fragrant foliage we must remain attached to the source of our strength. We must study the words of the prophets in the scriptures.
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