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Judges 18
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18In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.H3117H4428H3478H3117H7626H1839H1245H5159H3427H3117H5159H5307H8432H7626H3478 2So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.H1121H1835H7971H4940H2568H582H7098H1121H2428H6881H847H7270H776H2713H559H3212H2713H776H935H2022H669H1004H4318H3885 3When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"H1004H4318H5234H6963H5288H3881H5493H559H935H1988H6213 4And he said to them, "This is how Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest."H559H2090H2090H6213H4318H7936H3548 5And they said to him, "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed."H559H7592H430H3045H1870H1980H6743 6And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD."H3548H559H3212H7965H5227H3068H1870H3212 7Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.H2568H582H3212H935H3919H7200H5971H7130H3427H983H4941H6722H8252H982H3423H6114H776H3637H1697H7350H6722H1697H120 8And when they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, "What do you report?"H935H251H6881H847H251H559 9They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.H559H6965H5927H7200H776H3966H2896H2814H6101H3212H935H3423H776 10As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth."H935H935H5971H982H7342H776H430H5414H3027H4725H4270H1697H776 11So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol,H5265H4940H1839H6881H847H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421 12and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim.H5927H2583H7157H3063H7121H4725H4265H3117H310H7157 13And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.H5674H2022H669H935H1004H4318 14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do."H6030H2568H582H1980H7270H776H3919H559H251H3045H3426H1004H646H8655H6459H4541H3045H6213 15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.H5493H935H1004H5288H3881H1004H4318H7592H7965 16Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421H1121H1835H5324H6607H8179 17And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.H2568H582H1980H7270H776H5927H935H3947H6459H646H8655H4541H3548H5324H6607H8179H8337H3967H376H2296H3627H4421 18And when these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"H935H4318H1004H3947H6459H646H8655H4541H559H3548H6213 19And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"H559H2790H7760H3027H6310H3212H1961H1H3548H2896H3548H1004H259H376H3548H7626H4940H3478 20And the priest's heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.H3548H3820H3190H3947H646H8655H6459H935H7130H5971 21So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.H6437H3212H7760H2945H4735H3520H6440 22When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.H7368H1004H4318H582H1004H4318H1004H2199H1692H1121H1835 23And they shouted to the people of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, "What is the matter with you, that you come with such a company?"H7121H1121H1835H5437H6440H559H4318H2199 24And he said, "You take my gods that I made and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, 'What is the matter with you?'"H559H3947H430H6213H3548H3212H559 25And the people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household."H1121H1835H559H6963H8085H4751H5315H582H6293H622H5315H5315H1004 26Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.H1121H1835H3212H1870H4318H7200H2389H6437H7725H1004 27But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.H3947H4318H6213H3548H935H3919H5971H8252H982H5221H6310H2719H8313H5892H784 28And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it.H5337H7350H6721H1697H120H6010H1050H1129H5892H3427 29And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.H7121H8034H5892H1835H8034H1835H1H3205H3478H199H8034H5892H3919H7223 30And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.H1121H1835H6965H6459H3083H1121H1647H1121H4519H1121H3548H7626H1839H3117H1540H776 31So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.H7760H4318H6459H6213H3117H1004H430H7887


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