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BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 15

Of the Old Testament

The Jewish Age

The Exodus to the Coronation

396 Years; Ex. 14 to 1 Sam. 10

PERIOD OF CONQUEST

(References in Judges)

 

MOTHER OF MICAH

1.      What confession did her son make to her (17:1, 2)?

A.     Who was Micah and where did he live (17:1)?

B.     Who had stolen her money (17:1, 2)?

C.    What had the woman done when she realized the money was missing (17:2)?

D.    Was the woman angry with the thief (17:2-3)?

E.     What likely had moved her son to confess (17:2b)?

2.      After its restoration, what did she do with the money (17:3-4)?

A.     What three things did her son, Micah, have in his house (17:5)?

B.     How are these things used; from where might they have come (8:27; Hose 3:4)?

C.    Whom did Micah make to be his priest (17:5)? Who else (17:7-13)?

3.      What commandments given on Mt. Sinai did Micah’s mother violate (Ex. 20:1-17)?

4.      Does good intention atone for sin (Pro. 14:12)?

 

CONCUBINE OF THE LEVITE

1.      Using Gen 30:3-5; Gen 35:22; Gen 49:3-4, give a definition for the word concubine.

2.      Was this woman a faithful concubine to her husband (19:2)?

3.      To what place had she fled (19:2)?

4.      Did her husband get along well with her father (19:3-9)?

5.      What happened to her on the way home (19:10-28)?

6.      *Relate what her husband did to get revenge for her murder (19:29-30).

7.      Were the Israelites willing to help him (20:1-11)?

8.      Who was held responsible for the murder (20:4-5)?

9.      What was to be done to the men of Gibeah (20:12-13)?

10. *The tribe of Benjamin refused to give up the criminals; tell their punishment (20:46-47).

 

DAUGHTERS OF SHILOH

1.      What was the occasion of the dance in which these young ladies participated (21:19-21)?

2.      Was it their intention to be caught?

3.      Who plotted to set a trap for them (21:16)?

4.      What would have happened to the Benjamites if this plot had not been conceived (21:5-7)?

5.      Was it according to the law of God that these girls be married to Benjamites?

 

POINTS TO CONSIDER

1.      Why do these people seem so barbaric to us (17:6)?

2.      How many times does God say this in the book of Judges?

3.      What lesson can we learn from the examples set by these women?

4.      What happens to any nation when the people take the law into their own hands?

5.      Name other concubines we have not studied so far.

A.     Gen. 22:23-24

B.     Gen. 36:12

C.    Gen. 25:1

D.    1 Chr 1:32

E.     1 Chr 2:46-48

F.     1 Chr 7:14

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