Judges 19

[MEST] Judges
Judges 19
[Read Judges 19]

From the 1st three verses, what do we find out about the Levite and his concubine?


Verses 4 – 9 speaks to us about hospitality and it’s place in ancient Hebrew culture. There are positives and negatives to this, what are they?


In verse 12, why would the Levite not want to stay at Jebus?


So they decide to stay at Gibeah. What were their assumptions about that place?


When entering Gibeah, certain things would have caused them to be suspicious. What are they?


What’s ironic about their choice of place to stay the night?


The Ephramite visiting Gibeah offers a warning, “whatever you do, don’t spend the night in the square!”. What could the Levite be thinking at this point?


What happens next is hard to read, let alone think about. We can only compare it to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19). But there are differences, what are they?


Next we see the Ephramite home owner saying something weird and shocking. Why would he even suggest this?


Just when you thought this story couldn’t get any worse, the Levite threw his concubine out to the gang. Why might the Levite have done this?


Next morning the Levite finds the woman dead on the doorstep. So he takes her body with him back home and when he gets home, he chops her up and sends bits of her to each of the 12 tribes of Israel... Why?