In today's reading, the people of Dan take all the items in Micah's household shrine and Micah's Levite priest. The priest is named at the end of the chapter. And then the Danites slaughter the unsuspecting residents of Laish, forgetting about the law about sending terms of surrender before attacking. Then we hear of the unnamed Levite and his concubine (or additional and inferior-status wife). Nothing happens according to God's will in this story. While nothing negative is said against the concubine or her father, the Levite is a terrible husband. And what happens at Gibeon— as we will see tomorrow, becomes the basis for Israel's first civil war.
Psalm 87 is a prophetic psalm. The writer gives a picture of what is foretold in Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Revelation about the glory of the New Jerusalem. Every tribe, tongue, and nation will be found there because they have come to know the Lord.
This 3rd chapter of First Timothy is one of the key passages on the qualifications of church leaders in God's Word. The chapter ends with a fragment of an early worship song.
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