Shechem defiled Jacob's daughter Dinah then asked to marry her. Jacob's sons told Shechem and his father Hamor to circumcised themselves along with all his men and they would allow the marriage. While they were recovering, Simeon and Levi (Jacob's sons) slaughtered them all.
"This passage is a reminder to us about the exceeding wickedness of using things which God has given us for our own purposes. Whether it might be an oath, whether it be simply our word. Using things to take people in by religion for our own ends is wickedness.
This passage also very clearly reveals for us the sinfulness of believers, or of those who profess faith. The Bible never attempts to candy-coat the failings and the wickedness of those who profess to believe in the one true God. And it doesn't do that because it is very important for us to be realistic about the potential for the sins of even those who profess faith in Christ. This passage reveals to us the depth of sin that professing believers are capable of stooping to.
(Ligon Duncan)
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