You have to be careful in saying that something is acceptable just because it happens in the bible. Many things happen in the bible which are
unacceptable, and indeed condemned elsewhere, which we should not consider to therefore be acceptable, or indeed a contradiction.
Even the great men of the bible do things which we must consider as unacceptable. David is first lazy and then commits adultery and then commits
murder and ties them all up with lies. Just because David does these things doesn't make them OK. Noah gets drunk, Abraham lies repeatedly, Aaron
makes an idol, Moses disobeys God, Joshua gives way to pride and cowardice and there are plenty more.
The actual episode in Judges must, as p4t has suggested, be considered in context. The book shows the degeneration of the country as they reject God.
This is one of the episodes that are shown in the book which are not to show good practice but how broken the society has become. Just read how the
people continually reject God and turn to other gods and then must be saved by each of the judges. The whole of the country falls apart morally.
Interestingly, at least to me
, a similar thing is happening now in the western world, and certainly here in the uk. God is something that is to be
rejected and every man, or woman, should live for themselves. Romans 1 gives a description of society when it rejects God and it can be seen in Judges
and it can be clearly seen now. Of course to those who want to reject God then this sort of thing wont make a jot of difference and other reasons will
be given, as always.
