Judges:18

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ylt @Judges:18:1 @In those days there is no king in Israel , and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit , for [that ] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance . ylt @Judges:18:2 @And the sons of Dan send , out of their family , five men of them , men , sons of valour , from Zorah , and from Eshtaol , to traverse the land , and to search it , and they say unto them , 'Go , search the land ;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim , unto the house of Micah , and lodge there . ylt @Judges:18:3 @They [are ] with the household of Micah , and they have discerned the voice of the young man , the Levite , and turn aside there , and say to him , 'Who hath brought thee hither ? and what art thou doing in this [place ?] and what to thee here ?' ylt @Judges:18:4 @And he saith unto them , 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me ; and he hireth me , and I am to him for a priest .' ylt @Judges:18:5 @And they say to him , 'Ask , we pray thee , at God , and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going .' ylt @Judges:18:6 @And the priest saith to them , 'Go in peace ; over-against Jehovah [is ] your way in which ye go .' ylt @Judges:18:7 @And the five men go , and come in to Laish , and see the people which [is ] in its midst , dwelling confidently , according to the custom of Zidonians , quiet and confident ; and there is none putting to shame in the land in [any ] thing , possessing restraint , and they [are ] far off from the Zidonians , and have no word with [any ] man . ylt @Judges:18:8 @And they come in unto their brethren , at Zorah and Eshtaol , and their brethren say to them , 'What -- ye ?' ylt @Judges:18:9 @And they say , 'Rise , and we go up against them , for we have seen the land , and lo , very good ; and ye are keeping silent ! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land . ylt @Judges:18:10 @When ye go , ye come in unto a people confident , and the land [is ] large on both hands , for God hath given it into your hand , a place where there is no lack of anything which [is ] in the land .' ylt @Judges:18:11 @And there journey thence , of the family of the Danite , from Zorah , and from Eshtaol , six hundred men girded with weapons of war . ylt @Judges:18:12 @And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim , in Judah , therefore they have called that place , 'Camp of Dan ,' till this day ; lo , behind Kirjath-Jearim . ylt @Judges:18:13 @And they pass over thence [to ] the hill-country of Ephraim , and come in unto the house of Micah . ylt @Judges:18:14 @And the five men , those going to traverse the land of Laish , answer and say unto their brethren , 'Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod , and teraphim , and graven image , and molten image ? and now , know what ye do .' ylt @Judges:18:15 @And they turn aside thither , and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite , the house of Micah , and ask of him of welfare , -- ylt @Judges:18:16 @(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war , who [are ] of the sons of Dan , are standing at the opening of the gate ), -- ylt @Judges:18:17 @yea , the five men , those going to traverse the land , go up -- they have come in thither -- they have taken the graven image , and the ephod , and the teraphim , and the molten image -- and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate , and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war -- ylt @Judges:18:18 @yea , these have entered the house of Micah , and take the graven image , the ephod , and the teraphim , and the molten image ; and the priest saith unto them , 'What are ye doing ?' ylt @Judges:18:19 @and they say to him , 'Keep silent , lay thy hand on thy mouth , and go with us , and be to us for a father and for a priest : is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man , or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel ?' ylt @Judges:18:20 @And the heart of the priest is glad , and he taketh the ephod , and the teraphim , and the graven image , and goeth into the midst of the people , ylt @Judges:18:21 @and they turn and go , and put the infants , and the cattle , and the baggage , before them . ylt @Judges:18:22 @They have been far off from the house of Micah -- and the men who [are ] in the houses which [are ] near the house of Micah have been called together , and overtake the sons of Dan , ylt @Judges:18:23 @and call unto the sons of Dan , and they turn round their faces , and say to Micah , 'What -- to thee that thou hast been called together ?' ylt @Judges:18:24 @And he saith , 'My gods which I made ye have taken , and the priest , and ye go ; and what to me more ? and what [is ] this ye say unto me , What -- to thee !' ylt @Judges:18:25 @And the sons of Dan say unto him , 'Let not thy voice be heard with us , lest men bitter in soul fall upon you , and thou hast gathered thy life , and the life of thy household ;' ylt @Judges:18:26 @and the sons of Dan go on their way , and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he , and turneth , and goeth back unto his house . ylt @Judges:18:27 @And they have taken that which Micah had made , and the priest whom he had , and come in against Laish , against a people quiet and confident , and smite them by the mouth of the sword , and the city have burnt with fire , ylt @Judges:18:28 @and there is no deliverer , for it [is ] far off from Zidon , and they have no word with [any ] man , and it [is ] in the valley which [is ] by Beth-Rehob ; and they build the city , and dwell in it , ylt @Judges:18:29 @and call the name of the city Dan , by the name of Dan their father , who was born to Israel ; and yet Laish [is ] the name of the city at the first . ylt @Judges:18:30 @And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image , and Jonathan son of Gershom , son of Manasseh , he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite , till the day of the removal of [the people ] of the land . ylt @Judges:18:31 @And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah , which he had made , all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh .

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