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A Sinful Solution
Commentators unanimously condemn Lot's offer to sacrifice his daughters as a grave sin. While his motive was to protect his guests under the sacred laws of hospitality, scholars like Calvin explain that he tried to 'remedy one evil with another.' This serves as a powerful warning that even in desperate situations, a sinful solution is never the right one, and we cannot do evil that good may come.
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18th Century
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גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
19th Century
Bishop
I have two daughters. —It is clear from Judges 19:24 that this proposal was not viewed in ancient times with the horror w…
16th Century
Theologian
I have two daughters. Just as Lot's steadfastness in risking his own life to defend his guests deserves great praise, so Moses now relates…
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17th Century
Pastor
Behold now, I have two daughters, which have not known man ,
&c.] Though some think they were espoused to men, but h…
17th Century
Minister
Lot was good, but there was no one else of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Therefore, care was t…