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1 # In those days <03117> there was no king <04428> in Israel <03478>: and in those days <03117> the tribe <07626> of the Danites <01839> sought <01245> (8764) them an inheritance <05159> to dwell in <03427> (8800); for unto that day <03117> all their inheritance <05159> had not fallen <05307> (8804) unto them among <08432> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>.
2 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> sent <07971> (8799) of their family <04940> five <02568> men <0582> from their coasts <07098>, men <01121> of valour <02428>, from Zorah <06881>, and from Eshtaol <0847>, to spy <07270> (8763) out the land <0776>, and to search <02713> (8800) it; and they said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go <03212> (8798), search <02713> (8798) the land <0776>: who when they came <0935> (8799) to mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, to the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, they lodged <03885> (8799) there.
3 When they were by the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, they knew <05234> (8689) the voice <06963> of the young man <05288> the Levite <03881>: and they turned in <05493> (8799) thither, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Who brought <0935> (8689) thee hither <01988>? and what makest <06213> (8802) thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus <02090> and thus <02090> dealeth <06213> (8804) Micah <04318> with me, and hath hired <07936> (8799) me, and I am his priest <03548>.
5 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Ask counsel <07592> (8798), we pray thee, of God <0430>, that we may know <03045> (8799) whether our way <01870> which we go <01980> (8802) shall be prosperous <06743> (8686).
6 And the priest <03548> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>: before <05227> the LORD <03068> is your way <01870> wherein ye go <03212> (8799).
7 # Then the five <02568> men <0582> departed <03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to Laish <03919>, and saw <07200> (8799) the people <05971> that were therein <07130>, how they dwelt <03427> (8802) careless <0983>, after the manner <04941> of the Zidonians <06722>, quiet <08252> (8802) and secure <0982> (8802); and there was no magistrate <03423> (8802) <06114> in the land <0776>, that might put them to shame <03637> (8688) in any thing <01697>; and they were far <07350> from the Zidonians <06722>, and had no business <01697> with any man <0120> .
8 And they came <0935> (8799) unto their brethren <0251> to Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847>: and their brethren <0251> said <0559> (8799) unto them, What say ye?
9 And they said <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798), that we may go up <05927> (8799) against them: for we have seen <07200> (8804) the land <0776>, and, behold, it is very <03966> good <02896>: and are ye still <02814> (8688)? be not slothful <06101> (8735) to go <03212> (8800), and to enter <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) the land <0776>.
10 When ye go <0935> (8800), ye shall come <0935> (8799) unto a people <05971> secure <0982> (8802), and to a large <07342> land <0776>: for God <0430> hath given <05414> (8804) it into your hands <03027>; a place <04725> where there is no want <04270> of any thing <01697> that is in the earth <0776>.
11 And there went <05265> (8799) from thence of the family <04940> of the Danites <01839>, out of Zorah <06881> and out of Eshtaol <0847>, six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> appointed <02296> (8803) with weapons <03627> of war <04421>.
12 And they went up <05927> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Kirjathjearim <07157>, in Judah <03063> : wherefore they called <07121> (8804) that place <04725> Mahanehdan <04265> unto this day <03117>: behold, it is behind <0310> Kirjathjearim <07157>.
13 And they passed <05674> (8799) thence unto mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and came <0935> (8799) unto the house <01004> of Micah <04318>.
14 # Then answered <06030> (8799) the five <02568> men <0582> that went <01980> (8802) to spy out <07270> (8763) the country <0776> of Laish <03919>, and said <0559> (8799) unto their brethren <0251>, Do ye know <03045> (8804) that there is <03426> in these houses <01004> an ephod <0646>, and teraphim <08655>, and a graven image <06459> , and a molten image <04541>? now therefore consider <03045> (8798) what ye have to do <06213> (8799).
15 And they turned <05493> (8799) thitherward, and came <0935> (8799) to the house <01004> of the young man <05288> the Levite <03881>, even unto the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, and saluted <07592> (8799) <07965> him.
16 And the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> appointed <02296> (8803) with their weapons <03627> of war <04421>, which were of the children <01121> of Dan <01835>, stood <05324> (8737) by the entering <06607> of the gate <08179>.
17 And the five <02568> men <0582> that went <01980> (8802) to spy out <07270> (8763) the land <0776> went up <05927> (8799), and came in <0935> (8804) thither, and took <03947> (8804) the graven image <06459>, and the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten image <04541>: and the priest <03548> stood <05324> (8737) in the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> with the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were appointed <02296> (8803) with weapons <03627> of war <04421>.
18 And these went <0935> (8804) into Micah's <04318> house <01004>, and fetched <03947> (8799) the carved image <06459>, the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten image <04541>. Then said <0559> (8799) the priest <03548> unto them, What do <06213> (8802) ye?
19 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hold thy peace <02790> (8685), lay <07760> (8798) thine hand <03027> upon thy mouth <06310>, and go <03212> (8798) with us, and be to us <01961> (8800) a father <01> and a priest <03548>: is it better <02896> for thee to be a priest <03548> unto the house <01004> of one <0259> man <0376>, or that thou be a priest <03548> unto a tribe <07626> and a family <04940> in Israel <03478>?
20 And the priest's <03548> heart <03820> was glad <03190> (8799), and he took <03947> (8799) the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the graven image <06459>, and went in <0935> (8799) the midst <07130> of the people <05971>.
21 So they turned <06437> (8799) and departed <03212> (8799), and put <07760> (8799) the little ones <02945> and the cattle <04735> and the carriage <03520> before <06440> them.
22 And when they were a good way <07368> (8689) from the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, the men <0582> that were in the houses <01004> near to Micah's <04318> house <01004> were gathered together <02199> (8738), and overtook <01692> (8686) the children <01121> of Dan <01835>.
23 And they cried <07121> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Dan <01835>. And they turned <05437> (8686) their faces <06440>, and said <0559> (8799) unto Micah <04318>, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company <02199> (8738)?
24 And he said <0559> (8799), Ye have taken away <03947> (8804) my gods <0430> which I made <06213> (8804), and the priest <03548>, and ye are gone away <03212> (8799): and what have I more? and what is this that ye say <0559> (8799) unto me, What aileth thee?
25 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let not thy voice <06963> be heard <08085> (8686) among us, lest angry <04751> <05315> fellows <0582> run <06293> (8799) upon thee, and thou lose <0622> (8804) thy life <05315>, with the lives <05315> of thy household <01004>.
26 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> went <03212> (8799) their way <01870>: and when Micah <04318> saw <07200> (8799) that they were too strong <02389> for him, he turned <06437> (8799) and went back <07725> (8799) unto his house <01004>.
27 # And they took <03947> (8804) the things which Micah <04318> had made <06213> (8804), and the priest <03548> which he had, and came <0935> (8799) unto Laish <03919>, unto a people <05971> that were at quiet <08252> (8802) and secure <0982> (8802): and they smote <05221> (8686) them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, and burnt <08313> (8804) the city <05892> with fire <0784>.
28 And there was no deliverer <05337> (8688), because it was far <07350> from Zidon <06721>, and they had no business <01697> with any man <0120>; and it was in the valley <06010> that lieth by Bethrehob <01050>. And they built <01129> (8799) a city <05892>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) therein.
29 And they called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> of the city <05892> Dan <01835>, after the name <08034> of Dan <01835> their father <01>, who was born <03205> (8795) unto Israel <03478>: howbeit <0199> the name <08034> of the city <05892> was Laish <03919> at the first <07223>.
30 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> set up <06965> (8686) the graven image <06459>: and Jonathan <03083> , the son <01121> of Gershom <01647>, the son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>, he and his sons <01121> were priests <03548> to the tribe <07626> of Dan <01839> until the day <03117> of the captivity <01540> (8800) of the land <0776>.
31 And they set them up <07760> (8799) Micah's <04318> graven image <06459>, which he made <06213> (8804) , all the time <03117> that the house <01004> of God <0430> was in Shiloh <07887>.