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Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don`t do any such folly.
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A Depraved 'Solution'
Commentators explain that the host's offer to sacrifice his daughter and the concubine is not a righteous compromise but a horrifying act in itself. This proposal reveals a deeply flawed morality, a profound selfishness, and a disturbingly low view of the sacred dignity of women, which the narrative implicitly condemns.
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19th Century
Anglican
Behold, here is my daughter ... —The main horror of these verses lies, and is meant to lie, in the nameless infamy to whi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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The three remaining chapters of this book contain a very sad history of the wickedness of the men of Gibeah, in Benjamin. The righteous Lord permit…
