To say that these 5 men were above board and honest would be a miscarriage of justice. While in Laish, they saw Micah and what he had - his own priest, wealth and objects of worship (albeit not of the Lord's solely). As a result, they committed the sin of coveting and stealing. They proceeded to lift the ephod and all of the other paraphernalia that Micah had to worship the Lord and his other gods. The Levite caught them and thus the "appeal" was given to the Levite to join them. It doesn't say but doesn't preclude that his life would be in danger. The appeal to the Levite was that (besides his health and well-being) he would be a priest to a people rather than a family. Obviously the offer appealed to him and he was helping them to the goods. It seems in order to prevent any "trouble" the 5 had 600 men stand watch while they were helping themselves to their host's hospitality.
All in all a good weekend. Still some things popped up that I will have to address before I can proceed. GG home this weekend and the rest of the week. Already looking forward to this coming weekend and hope that these 4 days just breeze by. Sunday was weird since I had a very, very rough night sleeping. I stay home and went to church locally and still was blessed.
Praise for today: Search me, O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139: 23-24
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