"And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds."
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Verse Judges 19:30. _THERE WAS NO SUCH DEED DONE NOR SEEN_] They were
all struck with the enormity of the crime; and considered it a
sovereign disgrace to all the tribes of Israel.
_CONSIDER OF IT_]...
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2. ISRAEL'S MORAL CONDITION AND THE WAR ON BENJAMIN
CHAPTER 19 The Levite and His Concubine
_ 1. The Levite and the unfaithful woman (Judges 19:1)_
2. The fate of the concubine (Judges 19:22)
The r...
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JUDGES 19-21. In the story of the outrage of Gibeah, there is a
combination of history and midrash. Hosea (Judges 9:9) makes allusion
to the days of Gibeah, as a time of notorious moral depravity in
I...
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After _unto this day_the LXX. cod. A etc. contains an addition which
no doubt formed part of the original text. Restoring this addition to
its proper place at the beginning of the verse we may read: A...
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The Crime at Gibeah and Its Punishment Judges 19:1 to Judges 21:25
_The Levite and His Concubine Judges 19:1-30_
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that there was a...
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THE WICKEDNESS OF GIBEAH
A Levite and his concubine meet with foul treatment at Gibeah, a town
of Benjamin. The indignation of the other tribes is roused against the
Benjamites.
This chapter gives th...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 19
V1 At that time, *Israel’s people had no king. A man from Levi’s
*tribe lived in the hills. These were where Ephraim’s *tribe was.
The part where...
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The verse shows that the Levite had successfully gauged the depths of
moral indignation that still lay in the hearts of his countrymen. The
story of the deed thrilled through all Palestine and awoke a...
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וְ הָיָ֣ה כָל ־הָ רֹאֶ֗ה וְ אָמַר֙
לֹֽא ־נִהְיְתָ֤ה וְ לֹֽא ־נִרְאֲתָה֙
כָּ זֹ֔את...
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Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
THESE last Chapter s describe a general and vehement outburst of moral
indignation throughout Israel, reco...
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The story of the Levite occupies three Chapter s and is again a mirror
held up to the times, revealing startling moral conditions and showing
the conflict of good and evil among them.
In considering...
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And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no (l) such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of
the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice,...
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_Egypt, that is for the space of eighty years. (Salien) --- Indeed the
annals of all past ages could hardly furnish an instance of such
barbarous lust. --- Done. In every city, people gathered togethe...
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The sad narrative of so detestable an action, and issuing from so
detestable a cause, is enough to put to the blush our depraved nature.
Who that reads it but must exclaim, Lord! what is man! And when...
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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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AND IT WAS SO, THAT ALL THAT SAW IT,.... The dismembered pieces of the
dead body, and were made acquainted with the cause of it; for so
Josephus b says, he gave the messengers a command to declare wha...
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And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done
nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the
land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and...
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_All said, There was no such deed done or seen_, &c. All who saw it,
and heard the relation, were so moved with horror at it that they
called upon each other to consult and give their opinion in what...
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1 A Leuite goeth to Bethlehem to fetch home his wife.
16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah.
22 The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death.
29 He diuideth her into twelue pieces to send them to...
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THE SHAMEFUL ACT OF THE MEN OF GIBEAH...
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ANOTHER LEVITE'S DIVERSION
(vv. 1:21)
The history of a different Levite was involved in the moral corruption
that afflicted Israel in the time of the Judges. We are reminded in
verse 1 that there w...
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NO SUCH DEED; so wicked and abominable. CONSIDER OF IT, TAKE ADVICE,
AND SPEAK YOUR MINDS; let us meet together, and seriously consider,
and every one freely speak what is to be done in this case....
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Judges 19:30 so H1961 (H8738) saw H7200 (H8802) said H559 (H8804) deed
H2063 seen H7200 (H8738) day H3117 children H1121 Israel H3478 up
H5927 (H8800) land H776 Egypt H4714 day H3117 Consider H7760 (H...
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Judges 19:30 a
‘And it was so, that all who saw it, said, ‘there was no such deed
done nor seen, from the day that the children of Israel came out of
the land of Egypt, to this day.'
The pieces woul...
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CONTENTS: The Levite and his concubine. Wickedness of Gibeonites.
CHARACTERS: Levite, concubine, her father.
CONCLUSION: Because men like not to retain God in their knowledge, God
gives them up to v...
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Judges 19:1. _In those days,_ while Phinehas was highpriest, and in
the first generation after Joshua's death. He is called her husband,
Judges 19:3; and it was adultery for a woman so espoused to con...
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_Whither goest thou?_
and whence comest thou?
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
These two questions were usually proposed of old to the traveller, by
the inhabitants of any district through which he might be...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 19:1 In__ one of the most sordid stories in
the Bible, rape, murder, and cruelty lead to the death of an innocent
woman and, eventually, to civil war.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = documen...
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A TRAGIC CHAPTER IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY
(Judges 19:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
This chapter contains the history of an unmitigated abomination.
Perhaps the best comment upon it is to pass it by. But nothing in
h...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 19:1
WHEN THERE WAS NO KING (Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 21:25). It
appears from Judges 20:27, Judges 20:28 that the events narrated in
these three last chapters of the Book of...
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[Now again, in chapter nineteen it says,] It came to pass in those
days, when there was no king in Israel (Judges 19:1),
Now no king in Israel. You see Israel was intended by God to be a
theocracy. G...
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Judges 20:7; Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs
20:18; Proverbs 24:6...
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Speak — Let us meet together, and seriously consider, and every one
freely speak what is to be done in this case....