Judges 19 – 21
An unnamed Levite who was bringing his concubine back from Bethlehem doesn’t camp overnight in Jebus (Jerusalem) because there were no Israelites there. Instead he goes to Gibeah a Benjamite town, where an old man takes them in. Did chapter 19 of Judges remind you of the story of the Lot as told in Genesis 19?
The old man was like Lot, offering his daughter and the Levite’s concubine to a crowd who wanted to have sex with the Levite. The concubine is pushed out of the house – nice guys weren’t they? – where the crowd rapes and abuses her all night long. She dies from her ordeal and the Levite cuts her into 12 pieces and sends one piece to each tribe in Israel. The result was that the other tribes attacked and eventually defeated Benjamin after giving them a chance to turn over the evildoers. What a bloody mess ensued. How sad that Judges ends with these words: “In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
Tomorrow, we read the entire book of Ruth. It’s only four chapters, but it is a powerful story lof loyalty and love.
Better Pictures
I took some more pictures of my peppers. I didn’t realize until I looked today from a different angle that the bell peppers were really growing. 
How could I miss those – yes, there are two there though it’s hard to make out the one on the bottom.
The Jalapeno pepper really shows up in this picture":
It won’t be long and I’ll be eating fresh peppers.
Until next time…
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