“And his master said to him, ‘We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.'” (ESV – Read the chapter)
This judgment on the part of the Levite is fraught with irony. He doesn’t want to stay with these foreigners because of how his party might be received. Instead, he insists on traveling a bit further at a time of day that was no longer safe for traveling, so that his party could find shelter among their own people. And yet, when they arrive in Gibeah, all hell breaks loose. Read the rest…
The Nexus 