Firstly, I would like to give a little disclaimer: I don't think that the story from Genesis 34 actually happened.
But it is an entertaining and instructive story, nevertheless.
"Dinah, also spelled Dina, in the Old Testament (Genesis 30:21; 34; 46:15), daughter of Jacob by Leah; Dinah was abducted and raped near the city of Shechem, by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite (the Hivites were a Canaanitish people). Because Shechem then wished to marry Dinah, Hamor suggested to Jacob that their two peoples initiate a policy of commercial and social intercourse. Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi pretended to agree to the marriage and the if Shechem and all the other males of the city of Shechem were circumcised. After the operations, while the men were still weakened, Simeon and Levi attacked the city, killed all the males, including Shechem and Hamor, and freed Dinah. They then joined in plundering the city."
Seriously, I find the story fascinating because
1. Levi then became a priest and his descendants, Levites were priests too.
2. Why did they kill ALL males?
If a member of a church commits murder, should all members of this church be stoned to death?
But it is an entertaining and instructive story, nevertheless.
"Dinah, also spelled Dina, in the Old Testament (Genesis 30:21; 34; 46:15), daughter of Jacob by Leah; Dinah was abducted and raped near the city of Shechem, by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite (the Hivites were a Canaanitish people). Because Shechem then wished to marry Dinah, Hamor suggested to Jacob that their two peoples initiate a policy of commercial and social intercourse. Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi pretended to agree to the marriage and the if Shechem and all the other males of the city of Shechem were circumcised. After the operations, while the men were still weakened, Simeon and Levi attacked the city, killed all the males, including Shechem and Hamor, and freed Dinah. They then joined in plundering the city."
Seriously, I find the story fascinating because
1. Levi then became a priest and his descendants, Levites were priests too.
2. Why did they kill ALL males?
If a member of a church commits murder, should all members of this church be stoned to death?
