Verse 1
THE LEVITE AND HIS CONCUBINE, Judges 19:1-30.
1. In those days When Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, was high priest, (Judges 20:28;) consequently, not long after the days of Joshua.
Sojourning on… mount Ephraim So that he was in the same vicinity where Micah dwelt. Judges 17:1.
A concubine A wife of second rank, who had no other rights than those of cohabitation and subsistence, and even then the husband could send her away with a small present, as Abraham did Hagar. Genesis 21:14. The practice is condemned by New Testament ethics, but by this standard we are not to judge the examples of Nahor, (Genesis 22:24,) Abraham, (Genesis 25:6,) Jacob, (Genesis 30:3; Genesis 35:22,) and other of the Old Testament worthies. The Law of Moses made provision for concubinage; but even its regulations touching man and wife were set aside by our Lord, and treated as a politic measure, in view of the hardness of the people’s hearts. Matthew 19:8.
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