So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. “These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are. Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”
Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
Did Hamor's people accept the terms out of greed? Or did they suspect nothing because the rite of circumcision was linked to marriageable status?
Chapter 49:5-7 goes some way to make up for the absence of moral comment here on Simeon and Levi. Their behavior was wrong, and this was not forgotten.
Why?
Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers did revenge more than any other matter to save their sister Danah back. No matter cheating their neighbors.
The battle began at this moment. Israelites don't belong to this land. They are God's chosen men.
But the way is incorrect for they treated them with a deceived word.
Hamor and Simeon, Levi get their own benefit through circumcise. So we could not get benefit through any holy ceremony.
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雅各住在示劍，沒有到伯特利。當初神出現的地方。
1.雅各在整個事件起因
為什麼底拿要去那地見當地女子?可能很多事情吸引他們，被當地文化影響。基督徒生活在多彩多姿的環境中，要警醒。我們認為這些比我們所有的還要好嗎？
2. 哈摩的兒子惦污底拿，卻沒有提及強暴的事情，只想要抹平這件事。哈摩提的條件很吸引寄居者，雅各家人。可以做買賣人，工作權，可以置產。最後雅各的家族取得國籍，成為他們的人。底拿始亂卻不終棄，世界的條件似乎很好，卻是暗中有陷阱。問題在危及神的應許，成為和當地人一樣了。神不會犧牲一個女人的幸福來得到祝福。因此將失去選民的身份。世界有快樂，吸引人，犯罪中有快樂是危險的。
3. 對示劍的人提出受割禮的條件，好像現在我們基督徒要人先受洗，成為儀式。完全的奪走示劍人一切，利未和西緬，不是為了公義，而是為了奪取財物。示劍人受割禮目的為了得到底拿，拿到雅各家人的一切。這完全失去割禮的本義，而是作為交換利益。這就是滲雜。人利用神的禮來成全自己的利益。我們敬拜神是否聖潔沒有滲雜。看來屬靈的事來達到自己的目的。
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How?
God is our master, our Lord, God will save us and revenge for us.
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