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Did the concubine become angry with the Levite? Or did she leave because she was sexually unfaithful to the Levite?

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In Judges 19:2 there is an important textual variant. The Septuagint (the Greek text) uses a word which means the concubine became angry with the Levite. The Hebrew text uses a word which indicates the concubine was sexually unfaithful to the Levite. The Hebrew text says she committed some sort of sexual impropriety against him,… Continue reading Did the concubine become angry with the Levite? Or did she leave because she was sexually unfaithful to the Levite?

Josephine Butler – a nineteenth century Christian who advocated for the oppressed and outcast

Barbara Roberts32 Comments

There is a weak and prostrate figure lying at our door. Her hands are on the threshold, flung forward in mute appeal. On one side of the door are the powers of hell. On the other side, in their safe dwelling place, the selfish sleepers to whom the pale cold hands appeal in vain.