“Instead the people of Binyamin gathered themselves together from their cities and went to Giv‘ah to fight the people of Israel.”-Judges 20:14 So 26,000 eligible soldiers have gathered to fight against Benjamin. When I say “eligible”, I’m referring to men anywhere between the ages of 20 and 50. Anybody under 20 or over 50 was […]

There is one part of the Bible that Westerners do NOT understand at all. I’m not exaggerating. It’s almost impossible for them to wrap their heads around this one concept that plays such a key role in the Scriptures. What am I talking about? I’m talking about Tribalism. This is an ancient and oriental mindset […]

“The leaders of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 foot soldiers armed with swords.-Judges 20:12-13 Verse 2 kicks things off with the announcement that 11 of the tribes gathered at Mitzpah to prepare for war. The Hebrew phrase used to describe this assembly is KAHAL […]

Today we begin Judges Chapter 20. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “All the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Be’er-sheva, including Gil‘ad; the community assembled with one accord before Adonai at Mitzpah.” -Judges 20:1 In the last chapter we just got done reading what […]

“On arrival at his house, he got a knife, took hold of his concubine’s body, cut her up into twelve pieces, and sent them to all the regions of Israel.  Everyone who saw it said, ‘From the day the people of Israel came up from Egypt until now, never has such a thing happened or […]