The Levite's Horror

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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# 140 - The Levite's Horror - In this episode of The Chosen People, we confront one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s history—a tale of betrayal, violence, and heartbreaking silence. As a nation drifts from God’s ways, the value of human life is lost, and the cry for justice echoes into eternity.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 140 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Micah 6:8, “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.6	Previously on the chosen people.
0:07.4	A Levite, a true Levite, the Lord has sent you to me.
0:12.5	I am certain of it.
0:14.4	Stay here, live among us.
0:16.4	I will give you silver five shekels a year, along with food and fine clothes. You will oversee my shrine
0:23.4	and serve as a priest to my household. If the people truly need a priest, then I suppose I must
0:32.5	accept for the Lord. Five figures moved through the mist with a predator's silence.
0:41.8	They were not traders or shepherds, but spies.
0:45.5	They were men of war sent from the tribe of Dan.
0:49.1	What are you doing?
0:50.4	These are consecrated to Micah.
0:53.3	You cannot simply take them.
0:55.0	Why waste your loyalty on a single man? We've heard whispers that Micah is nothing but a madman.
1:03.0	Wouldn't you rather serve an entire tribe of Israel? Come with us. We could pay you more than Micah ever could.
1:10.0	By dawn, Laish was no more.
1:14.0	Its people were slaughtered, its wealth seized, its fertile lands claimed by the tribe of Dan.
1:22.0	The Danites rebuilt the city, naming it after their ancestor.
1:26.7	In the center of their new home, they erected Micah's
1:30.0	silver idol, placing it on a pedestal for all to see. The Levite stood before the idol, his expression
1:38.0	unreadable as he offered sacrifices. He had found his place among the Danites, but the cost of his service echoed in the hollow chambers of his heart.
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