JUDGES 19

THE CONCUBINE OF THE LEVITE MAN TORTURED

While a Levite man is traveling with his concubine, five leaders from the tribe of Benjamin torture and rape the woman. She is murdered and her body is severed into twelve pieces, each sent out among the twelve tribes of Israel.

Judges 17, 18, and 19 show the rebellious and destructive nature of the Israelites, displaying how they have forgotten or disregarded the commands of God. Although Judges were appointed, the state of Israel was disobedient and wicked.