I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Judges 17-19.

OK, I don’t know where I am going with this today.  I noticed for the first time that the men from the tribe of Dan in this passage are from the same town/area as Samson was.  I am not sure that that is significant, but Samson was the last judge of Israel before this.  The people of Israel turned to Samson for judgement because of his fighting prowess, not because of his wisdom.  In this story, we see warriors from the tribe of Dan steal the idols from a fellow Israelite feeling justified because he was not a member of their tribe.  Today’s passage ends with troublemakers from Gibeah feeling safe to terrorize a Levite travelling through because he was not part of their tribe.  The behavior of the man who sheltered the Levite indicates that this was not the first time they behaved this way.