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Judges 18
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Micah and the Tribe of Dan

18There was no king in Israel at that time. In those days the tribe of Dan was looking for territory to claim and settle in because they had not yet received any land of their own among the tribes of Israel.H3117H4428H3478H3117H7626H1839H1245H5159H3427H3117H5159H5307H8432H7626H3478
2So the people of Dan chose five qualified men out of all the families in the tribe and sent them from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol with instructions to explore the land and spy on it. When they arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, they stayed at Micah's house.H1121H1835H7971H4940H2568H582H7098H1121H2428H6881H847H7270H776H2713H559H3212H2713H776H935H2022H669H1004H4318H3885
3While they were there, they recognized the accent of the young Levite, so they went up to him and asked, "What are you doing here? Who brought you here?"H1004H4318H5234H6963H5288H3881H5493H559H935H1988H6213
4He answered, "I have an arrangement with Micah, who pays me to serve as his priest."H559H2090H2090H6213H4318H7936H3548
5They said to him, "Please ask God if we are going to be successful on our trip."H559H7592H430H3045H1870H1980H6743
6The priest answered, "You have nothing to worry about. The LORD is taking care of you on this trip."H3548H559H3212H7965H5227H3068H1870H3212
7So the five men left and went to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone; they had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with any other people.H2568H582H3212H935H3919H7200H5971H7130H3427H983H4941H6722H8252H982H3423H6114H776H3637H1697H7350H6722H1697H120
8When the five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, the people asked them what they had found out.H935H251H6881H847H251H559
9"Come on," they replied. "Let's attack Laish. We saw the land, and it's very good. Don't stay here doing nothing; hurry! Go on in and take it over!H559H6965H5927H7200H776H3966H2896H2814H6101H3212H935H3423H776
10When you get there, you will find that the people don't suspect a thing. It is a big country; it has everything a person could want, and God has given it to you."H935H935H5971H982H7342H776H430H5414H3027H4725H4270H1697H776
11So six hundred men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready for battle.H5265H4940H1839H6881H847H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421
12They went up and camped west of Kiriath Jearim in Judah. That is why the place is still called Camp of Dan.H5927H2583H7157H3063H7121H4725H4265H3117H310H7157
13They went on from there and came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.H5674H2022H669H935H1004H4318
14Then the five men who had gone to spy on the country around Laish said to their companions, "Did you know that here in one of these houses there is a wooden idol covered with silver? There are also other idols and an ephod. What do you think we should do?"H6030H2568H582H1980H7270H776H3919H559H251H3045H3426H1004H646H8655H6459H4541H3045H6213
15So they went into Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and asked the Levite how he was getting along.H5493H935H1004H5288H3881H1004H4318H7592H7965
16Meanwhile the six hundred Danite soldiers, ready for battle, were standing at the gate.H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421H1121H1835H5324H6607H8179
17The five spies went straight on into the house and took the wooden idol covered with silver, the other idols, and the ephod, while the priest stayed at the gate with the six hundred armed men.H2568H582H1980H7270H776H5927H935H3947H6459H646H8655H4541H3548H5324H6607H8179H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421
18When the men went into Micah's house and took the sacred objects, the priest asked them, "What are you doing?"H935H4318H1004H3947H6459H646H8655H4541H559H3548H6213
19They told him, "Keep quiet. Don't say a word. Come with us and be our priest and adviser. Wouldn't you rather be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for the family of one man?"H559H2790H7760H3027H6310H3212H1961H1H3548H2896H3548H1004H259H376H3548H7626H4940H3478
20This made the priest very happy, so he took the sacred objects and went along with them.H3548H3820H3190H3947H646H8655H6459H935H7130H5971
21They turned around and started off, with their children, their livestock, and their belongings going ahead.H6437H3212H7760H2945H4735H3520H6440
22They had traveled a good distance from the house when Micah called his neighbors out for battle. They caught up with the DanitesH7368H1004H4318H582H1004H4318H1004H2199H1692H1121H1835
23and shouted at them. The Danites turned around and asked Micah, "What's the matter? Why all this mob?"H7121H1121H1835H5437H6440H559H4318H2199
24Micah answered, "What do you mean, 'What's the matter?' You take my priest and the gods that I made, and walk off ! What have I got left?"H559H3947H430H6213H3548H3212H559
25The Danites told him, "You had better not say anything else unless you want these men to get angry and attack you. You and your whole family would die."H1121H1835H559H6963H8085H4751H5315H582H6293H622H5315H5315H1004
26Then the Danites went on. Micah saw that they were too strong for him, so he turned and went back home.H1121H1835H3212H1870H4318H7200H2389H6437H7725H1004
27After the Danites had taken the priest and the things that Micah had made, they went and attacked Laish, that town of peaceful, quiet people which was in the same valley as Bethrehob.H3947H4318H6213H3548H935H3919H5971H8252H982H5221H6310H2719H8313H5892H784
28They killed the inhabitants and burned the town. There was no one to save them, because Laish was a long way from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any other people. The Danites rebuilt the town and settled down there.H5337H7350H6721H1697H120H6010H1050H1129H5892H3427
29They changed its name from Laish to Dan, after their ancestor Dan, the son of Jacob.H7121H8034H5892H1835H8034H1835H1H3205H3478H199H8034H5892H3919H7223
30The Danites set up the idol to be worshiped, and Jonathan, the son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, served as a priest for the Danites, and his descendants served as their priests until the people were taken away into exile.H1121H1835H6965H6459H3083H1121H1647H1121H4519H1121H3548H7626H1839H3117H1540H776
31Micah's idol remained there as long as the Tent where God was worshiped remained at Shiloh.H7760H4318H6459H6213H3117H1004H430H7887


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