Judges 18

[MEST] Judges
Judges 18
In verse 1 what issues do we see the Danites dealing with and how might their current situation effect them?

Read verses 2a and 7 – 9. What does this part of the story remind us of? What comparisons can be drawn?

In verse 3 we see that the Danites “recognized the voice of the young Levite”. What could this mean?

The Gadites then ask Jonathan, the priest, to “inquire of God”. How? What might this include?

Verse 7 tells us that the people of Laish were like the Sidonians ( a peaceful Phoenician people who had no army and no need for one, they were involved in trade, business and commerce throughout the med.) and they had no relationship with anyone else. What does this mean for the Gadites?

Following this link between the 5 spies of Gad and the 12 spies of Isreal, how does verse 11 compare to what happened to Isreal in Numbers?

Picture the scene, 600 armed men arrive at Micah’s house. What could Jonathan be thinking?
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If you are tempted to feel sorry for Micah at this point, stop and think things through... up until this point, what do we know about the characters involved in this story?

What does verse 24 tell us about Micah?

From the outside, the Gadites seem to have done everything right and proper. They spied out the land, used the information correctly, looked for God’s will from a Levite priest, acted on God’s word, “obtained” a priest (and a bunch of liturgical junk!) and God gave them the land to inhabit. So, what do we think?