Judges 18:14-18
Summary for Judg 18:14-26: 18:14-26 a The perfidy and insincerity of this exchange expose the ignoble values of all concerned. 18:14 b sacred ephod ... household idols ... carved image ... cast idol: See study notes on 8:27 and 17:5.18:15 c Bypassing the host, the five unscrupulous scouts went straight to their target, the naive and unprincipled young Levite.
18:16 d The 600 armed warriors were prepared to attack the single Levite. In contrast to Gideon’s army of 300 arrayed against the Midianite hordes (7:2-11 e), the Danites were merely armed bullies.
18:18 f The priest’s rhetorical question was less an attempt to stop the theft than an expression of concern about his own future (cp. 18:20 g).
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