“In those days, when there was no king in Isra’el, there was a certain Levi living on the far side of the Efrayim hills who took a woman from Beit-Lechem in Y’hudah to be his concubine.  But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him to go to her father’s house at Beit-Lechem in […]

Today we begin Judges Chapter 19 For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levi living on the far side of the Efrayim hills who took a woman from Beit-Lechem in Y’hudah to be his concubine. […]

“Thus they erected for themselves Mikhah’s idol which he had made, and it remained there as long as the house of God was in Shiloh.”-Judges 18:31 Chapter 18 concludes with the statement that Micah’s silver idol was set and worshipped by the Tribe of Dan “as long as the house of God was in Shiloh”. […]

“The people of Dan set up the image for themselves. Y’honatan the son of Gershom, the son of M’nasheh, and his sons were cohanim for the tribe of the people of Dan until the day of the exile from the land.”-Judges 18:30 The last time we met I told you I was going to tell […]

“They replied, ‘Be quiet, keep your mouth shut, and come with us. Be a father and a cohen for us. Which is better? To be a cohen in the house of one man or to be cohen to a whole tribe and family in Israel?’. This made the cohen feel very good; so he took the ritual […]