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1
In those
days
there was no
king
of Israel;
and in those
days
the tribe
of the Danites
was see
king
an inheritance
for themselves to live
in, for until
that day
an inheritance
had not been allotted
to them as a possession
among
the tribe
s
of Israel.
2
So the sons
of Dan
sent
from their family
five
men
out of their whole number,
valiant
men
from Zorah
and Eshtaol,
to spy
out the land
and to
search
it; and they said
to them, "Go,
search
the land."
And they came
to the hill country
of Ephraim,
to the house
of Micah,
and lodged
there.
3
When they were near
the house
of Micah,
they recognized
the voice
of the young man,
the Levite;
and they turned aside
there
and said
to him, "Who
brought
you here?
And what
are you doing
in this
place?
And what
do you have here?"
4
He said
to them, "Thus
and so
has Micah
done
to me, and he has hired
me and I have become
his priest."
5
They said
to him, "Inquire
of God,
please,
that we may know
whether our way
on which
we are going
will be prosperous."
6
The priest
said
to them, "Go
in peace;
your way
in which
you are going
has the LORD'S
approval."
7
Then the five
men
departed
and came
to Laish
and saw
the people
who
were in it living
in security,
after the manner
of the Sidonians,
quiet
and secure;
for there
was no
ruler
humiliating
them for anything
in the land,
and they were far
from the Sidonians
and had no
dealings
with anyone.
8
When they came
back to
their brothers
at Zorah
and Eshtaol,
their brothers
said
to them, "What
do you report?"
9
They said,
"Arise,
and let us go
up against
them; for we have seen
the land,
and behold,
it is very
good.
And will you sit still?
Do not delay
to go,
to enter,
to possess
the land.
10
"When you enter,
you will come
to a secure
people
with a spacious
land;
for God
has given
it into your hand,
a place
where
there is no
lack
of anything
that is on the earth."
11
Then from the family
of the Danites,
from Zorah
and from Eshtaol,
six
hundred
men
armed
with weapons
of war
set
out.
12
They went
up and camped
at Kiriath-jearim
in Judah.
Therefore
they called
that place
Mahaneh-dan
to this
day;
behold,
it is west
of Kiriath-jearim.
13
They passed
from there
to the hill country
of Ephraim
and came
to the house
of Micah.
14
Then the five
men
who went
to spy
out the country
of Laish
said
to their kinsmen,
"Do you know
that there
are in these
houses
an ephod
and household idols
and a graven image
and a molten image?
Now
therefore, consider
what
you should do."
15
They turned aside
there
and came
to the house
of the young man,
the Levite,
to the house
of Micah,
and asked
him of his welfare.
16
The six
hundred
men
armed
with their weapons
of war,
who
were of the sons
of Dan,
stood
by the entrance
of the gate.
17
Now the five
men
who
went
to spy
out the land
went
up and entered
there,
and took
the graven image
and the ephod
and household idols
and the molten image,
while the priest
stood
by the entrance
of the gate
with the six
hundred
men
armed
with weapons
of war.
18
When these
went
into Micah's
house
and took
the graven image,
the ephod
and
house
hold idols
and the molten image,
the priest
said
to them, "What
are you doing?"
19
They said
to him, "Be silent,
put
your hand
over
your mouth
and come
with us, and be to us a father
and a priest.
Is it better
for you to be a priest
to the house
of one
man,
or
to be priest
to a tribe
and a family
in Israel?"
20
The priest's
heart
was glad,
and he took
the ephod
and household idols
and the graven image
and went
among
the people.
21
Then they turned
and departed,
and put
the little ones
and the livestock
and the valuables
in front
of them.
22
When they had gone some distance
from the
house
of Micah,
the men
who
were in the
house
s
near
Micah's
house
assembled
and overtook
the sons
of Dan.
23
They cried
to the sons
of Dan,
who turned
around
and said
to Micah,
"What
is the matter with you, that you have assembled together?"
24
He said,
"You have taken
away my gods
which
I made,
and the priest,
and have gone
away, and what
do I have besides?
So how
can you say
to me, 'What
is the matter with you?'"
25
The sons
of Dan
said
to him, "Do not let your voice
be heard
among
us, or else
fierce
men
will fall
upon you and you will lose
your life,
with the lives
of your household."
26
So the sons
of Dan
went
on their way;
and when Micah
saw
that they were too
strong
for him, he turned
and
went
back
to his house.
27
Then they took
what
Micah
had made
and the priest
who
had belonged
to him, and came
to Laish,
to a people
quiet
and secure,
and struck
them with the edge
of the sword;
and they burned
the city
with fire.
28
And there
was no one
to deliver
them, because
it was far
from Sidon
and they had no
dealings
with anyone,
and it was in the valley
which
is near Beth-rehob.
And they rebuilt
the city
and lived
in it.
29
They called
the name
of the city
Dan,
after
the name
of Dan
their father
who
was born
in Israel;
however,
the name
of the city
formerly
was Laish.
30
The sons
of Dan
set
up for themselves the graven image;
and Jonathan,
the son
of Gershom,
the son
of Manasseh,
he and his sons
were priests
to the tribe
of the Danites
until
the day
of the captivity
of the land.
31
So they set
up for themselves Micah's
graven image
which
he had made,
all
the time
that the house
of God
was at Shiloh.
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