22While they were enjoying themselves, some of the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.”a
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Judges 19 recounts a horrifying story of depravity within Israel, illustrating the moral chaos that prevailed when “everyone did what was right in their own eyes.” A Levite and his concubine travel through Gibeah, a Benjaminite town, where they are subjected to extreme violence. The concubine is raped and murdered, leading the Levite to dismember her body and send the pieces throughout Israel, a shocking call for justice that ignites civil war in the following chapters. This narrative serves as a stark warning about societal breakdown without proper leadership and adherence to God's law.
