cut up the body of his concubine who had been raped and send the pieces out to "all the coasts of Israel?" I have to admit I don't really understand this story at all. The concubine runs away, he comes to get her. Her father treats him well, even feeds and shelters him for several days.On the way home, they are taken in by a stranger. Later that night, the host offers his virgin daughter and his guest's concubine to a mob of perverts (who want to have sex with his guest). The mob refuses the daughter, but accepts the concubine and they "abuse her all night." The next morning she crawls back to the doorstep and dies. The Levite puts her dead body on a donkey and takes it home. Then he chops the body up into twelve pieces and sends them to each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Why? What is the point of this? (It's Judges 19, by the way)
2007-04-09 09:39:53 · 5 answers · asked by ReeRee 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The word concubine is used repeatedly throughout Judges 19, so I don't know what romeo is talking about.
2007-04-09 10:35:04 · update #1
As I remember this story was an illustration of "the wages of sin" to the 12 tribes of Israel.
What apologists fail to mention, is in a literal reading, the god of the bible would be a monster, who uses the rape and murder of a poor girl to illustrate a point.
2007-04-09 09:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why did you have to lie she was not his concubine it was his wife and it was her husband who cut her up because she was already dead and he wanted to make sure that this act never happen again so they went to war and killed all the people there I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A POINT WHY WOULD YOU GIVE THE REFFERANCE where someone could see that you are a lier
2007-04-09 16:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i thought you were going to ask why did the Levite cross the road.
I was racking my pinheaded brain trying to come up with a cute and witty response, and failed miserably, as you can plainly see.
2007-04-09 16:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Much of these Biblical "lessons" gave me the cruds... *shudder*... paddle 'em all I say! Well... they LOOK like Mongolian hoards...
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2007-04-09 16:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh man!! That's really disgusting and sad.. that is if it really happened!!!
2007-04-09 16:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by Atheist Eye Candy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋