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CHAPTER 20 THE HORRIBLE WAR
_ 1. The Levite's story (Judges 20:1)_
2. The uprising (Judges 20:8)
3. The slaying of the Israelites (Judges 20:12)
4. Benjamin exterminated except six hundred men ...
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JUDGES 20. THE OUTRAGE AVENGED.The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a
post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such
as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. Th...
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_give … your … counsel_ The same words in 2 Samuel 16:20....
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_The War Against the Benjamites Judges 20:1-14_
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the
land _of_ Gilead...
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_AND THE MEN OF GIBEAH ROSE AGAINST ME, AND BESET THE HOUSE ROUND
ABOUT UPON ME BY NIGHT, AND THOUGHT TO HAVE SLAIN ME: AND MY CONCUBINE
HAVE THEY FORCED, THAT SHE IS DEAD._
No JFB commentary on thes...
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THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BENJAMITES
The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who
decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are
unsuccessful, but the third results...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Then all the *Israelites from Dan to Beersheba came to meet
together. They also came from the area called Gilead. They all met at
Mizpah, wher...
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YE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — There would not be much point in
this remark. Rather, _ye are all here, children of Israel._
YOUR ADVICE AND COUNSEL. — Judges 19:30. “In the multitude of
counsellors...
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הִנֵּ֥ה כֻלְּכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם...
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Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
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The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred
momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out.
Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious
convictio...
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The Levite took her body back home and used the knife he used to
slaughter animals to cut the body into twelve pieces to send to all
the tribes of Israel. He invited all the tribes to consider the
ter...
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I pass by the relation of the story itself, (for we had it before in
the preceding chapter) to call the Reader's attention to the Levites
appeal. What are, or ought to be the children of Israel? Moses...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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BEHOLD, YE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... The descendants of one man
that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men
professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony aga...
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Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and
counsel.
Ver. 7. _Behold, ye are all children of Israel._] This injury reacheth
not to me alone, but to the whole community....
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_Ye are_ The sons of that holy man, who, for one filthy action, left
an eternal brand upon one of his own sons: a people in covenant with
the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and w...
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1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth his wrong.
8 The decree of the assembly.
12 The Beniamites being cited, make head against the Israelites.
18 The Israelites in two battels loose fourty...
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Behold, ye are all children of Israel, familiar with the Lord's
condemnation of such wickedness; GIVE HERE YOUR ADVICE AND COUNSEL,
they should decide upon a course of action after having passed
sente...
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THE BENJAMITES REFUSE TO DELIVER UP THE GUILTY...
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JUSTICE FOR THE GUILTY REFUSED BY BENJAMIN
(vv. 1-13)
All the tribes were united in their insistence that judgment must be
carried out against those who were guilty of criminal abuse and
murder.They...
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; the sons of that holy man, who for one filthy
action left all eternal brand upon one of his own sons; a people in
covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindic...
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‘ Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice
and counsel.'
This was probably an official way of ending testimony. He requested
the court to consider the facts and give their ve...
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CONTENTS: Civil war in which the Benjamites are punished.
CHARACTERS: God, a Levite, Phinehas.
CONCLUSION: We cannot expect the presence of God with us in our
enterprises unless we seek it by humblin...
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Judges 20:11. _All the men of Israel were knit together._ Why had they
not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and
other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and nece...
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_The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin._
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the
Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:1 Gibeah was a Benjaminite city, and so an
assembly of all Israel came together at Mizpah to take action against
Benjamin (vv. Judges 20:1). The Benjaminites, who apparently w...
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THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
(Judges 20:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
1. _This cry was universal_ (Judges 20:1).
“From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient
voice.
2. _They were in earnest_ (Ju...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 20:1
WENT OUT, _i.e._ from their several homes to the place of meeting. THE
CONGREGATION. The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and
Kings, except in 1 Kings 12:20) for t...
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Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the
tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a
head and they gathered together and this man told them the e...
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1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 5:6; Deuteronomy
14:1;...
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Ye are — The sons of that holy man, who for one filthy action left
an eternal brand upon one of his own sons: a people in covenant with
the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who...