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1. In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
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1. In those H1992 days H3117 there was no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478 : and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 sought H1245 them an inheritance H5159 to dwell H3427 in; for H3588 unto H5704 that H1931 day H3117 all their inheritance H5159 had not H3808 fallen H5307 unto them among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 .
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2. The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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2. And the children H1121 of Dan H1835 sent H7971 of their family H4480 H4940 five H2568 men H376 from their coasts H4480 H7098 , men H376 of valor H2428 , from Zorah H4480 H6881 , and from Eshtaol H4480 H847 , to spy out H7270 H853 the land H776 , and to search H2713 it ; and they said H559 unto H413 them, Go H1980 , search H2713 H853 the land H776 : who when they came H935 to mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , to H5704 the house H1004 of Micah H4318 , they lodged H3885 there H8033 .
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3. When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?
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3. When they H1992 were by H5973 the house H1004 of Micah H4318 , they H1992 knew H5234 H853 the voice H6963 of the young man H5288 the Levite H3881 : and they turned in H5493 thither H8033 , and said H559 unto him, Who H4310 brought H935 thee hither H1988 ? and what H4100 makest H6213 thou H859 in this H2088 place ? and what H4100 hast thou here H6311 ?
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4. He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.
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4. And he said H559 unto H413 them, Thus H2090 and thus H2090 dealeth H6213 Micah H4318 with me , and hath hired H7936 me , and I am H1961 his priest H3548 .
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5. They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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5. And they said H559 unto him , Ask counsel H7592 , we pray thee H4994 , of God H430 , that we may know H3045 whether our way H1870 which H834 we H587 go H1980 shall be prosperous H6743 .
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6. The priest said to them, Go in peace: before Yahweh is your way wherein you go.
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6. And the priest H3548 said H559 unto them, Go H1980 in peace H7965 : before H5227 the LORD H3068 is your way H1870 wherein H834 ye go H1980 .
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7. Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
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7. Then the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 , and came H935 to Laish H3919 , and saw H7200 H853 the people H5971 that H834 were therein H7130 , how they dwelt H3427 careless H983 , after the manner H4941 of the Zidonians H6722 , quiet H8252 and secure H982 ; and there was no H369 magistrate H3423 H6114 in the land H776 , that might put them to shame H3637 in any thing H1697 ; and they H1992 were far H7350 from the Zidonians H4480 H6722 , and had no H369 business H1697 with H5973 any man H120 .
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8. They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What say you ?
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8. And they came H935 unto H413 their brethren H251 to Zorah H6881 and Eshtaol H847 : and their brethren H251 said H559 unto them, What H4100 say ye H859 ?
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9. They said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
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9. And they said H559 , Arise H6965 , that we may go up H5927 against H5921 them: for H3588 we have seen H7200 H853 the land H776 , and, behold H2009 , it is very H3966 good H2896 : and are ye H859 still H2814 ? be not slothful H6101 H408 to go H1980 , and to enter H935 to possess H3423 H853 the land H776 .
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10. When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.
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10. When ye go H935 , ye shall come H935 unto H413 a people H5971 secure H982 , and to a large H7342 land H776 : for H3588 God H430 hath given H5414 it into your hands H3027 ; a place H4725 where H834 there is no H369 want H4270 of any H3605 thing H1697 that H834 is in the earth H776 .
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11. There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
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11. And there went H5265 from thence H4480 H8033 of the family H4480 H4940 of the Danites H1839 , out of Zorah H4480 H6881 and out of Eshtaol H4480 H847 , six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 appointed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war H4421 .
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12. They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
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12. And they went up H5927 , and pitched H2583 in Kirjath H7157 -jearim , in Judah H3063 : wherefore H5921 H3651 they called H7121 that H1931 place H4725 Mahaneh H4265 -dan unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 : behold H2009 , it is behind H310 Kirjath H7157 -jearim.
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13. They passed there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
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13. And they passed H5674 thence H4480 H8033 unto mount H2022 Ephraim H669 , and came H935 unto H5704 the house H1004 of Micah H4318 .
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14. Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
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14. Then answered H6030 the five H2568 men H376 that went H1980 to spy out H7270 H853 the country H776 of Laish H3919 , and said H559 unto H413 their brethren H251 , Do ye know H3045 that H3588 there is H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 , and teraphim H8655 , and a graven image H6459 , and a molten image H4541 ? now H6258 therefore consider H3045 what H4100 ye have to do H6213 .
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15. They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
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15. And they turned H5493 thitherward H8033 , and came H935 to H413 the house H1004 of the young man H5288 the Levite H3881 , even unto the house H1004 of Micah H4318 , and saluted H7592 H7965 him.
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16. The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
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16. And the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 appointed H2296 with their weapons H3627 of war H4421 , which H834 were of the children H4480 H1121 of Dan H1835 , stood H5324 by the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 .
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17. The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
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17. And the five H2568 men H376 that went H5927 to spy out H7270 H853 the land H776 went up H5927 , and came in H935 thither H8033 , and took H3947 H853 the graven image H6459 , and the ephod H646 , and the teraphim H8655 , and the molten image H4541 : and the priest H3548 stood H5324 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 that were appointed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war H4421 .
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18. When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What do you ?
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18. And these H428 went H935 into Micah H4318 's house H1004 , and fetched H3947 H853 the carved image H6459 , the ephod H646 , and the teraphim H8655 , and the molten image H4541 . Then said H559 the priest H3548 unto H413 them, What H4100 do H6213 ye H859 ?
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19. They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go 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 a family in Israel?
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19. And they said H559 unto him , Hold thy peace H2790 , lay H7760 thine hand H3027 upon H5921 thy mouth H6310 , and go H1980 with H5973 us , and be H1961 to us a father H1 and a priest H3548 : is it better H2896 for thee to be H1961 a priest H3548 unto the house H1004 of one H259 man H376 , or H176 that thou be H1961 a priest H3548 unto a tribe H7626 and a family H4940 in Israel H3478 ?
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20. The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.
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20. And the priest H3548 's heart H3820 was glad H3190 , and he took H3947 H853 the ephod H646 , and the teraphim H8655 , and the graven image H6459 , and went H935 in the midst H7130 of the people H5971 .
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21. So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
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21. So they turned H6437 and departed H1980 , and put H7760 H853 the little ones H2945 and the cattle H4735 and the carriage H3520 before H6440 them.
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22. When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
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22. And when they H1992 were a good way H7368 from the house H4480 H1004 of Micah H4318 , the men H376 that H834 were in the houses H1004 near H5973 to Micah H4318 's house H1004 were gathered together H2199 , and overtook H1692 H853 the children H1121 of Dan H1835 .
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23. They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company?
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23. And they cried H7121 unto H413 the children H1121 of Dan H1835 . And they turned H5437 their faces H6440 , and said H559 unto Micah H4318 , What H4100 aileth thee, that H3588 thou comest with such a company H2199 ?
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24. He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say you to me, What ails you?
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24. And he said H559 , Ye have taken away H3947 H853 my gods H430 which H834 I made H6213 , and the priest H3548 , and ye are gone away H1980 : and what H4100 have I more H5750 ? and what H4100 is this H2088 that ye say H559 unto H413 me, What H4100 aileth thee?
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25. The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
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25. And the children H1121 of Dan H1835 said H559 unto H413 him , Let not H408 thy voice H6963 be heard H8085 among H5973 us, lest H6435 angry H4751 H5315 fellows H376 run H6293 upon thee , and thou lose H622 thy life H5315 , with the lives H5315 of thy household H1004 .
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26. The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
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26. And the children H1121 of Dan H1835 went H1980 their way H1870 : and when Micah H4318 saw H7200 that H3588 they H1992 were too strong H2389 for H4480 him , he turned H6437 and went back H7725 unto H413 his house H1004 .
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27. They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
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27. And they H1992 took H3947 H853 the things which H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 , and the priest H3548 which H834 he had H1961 , and came H935 unto H5921 Laish H3919 , unto H5921 a people H5971 that were at quiet H8252 and secure H982 : and they smote H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 , and burnt H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784 .
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28. There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.
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28. And there was no H369 deliverer H5337 , because H3588 it H1931 was far H7350 from Zidon H4480 H6721 , and they had no H369 business H1697 with H5973 any man H120 ; and it H1931 was in the valley H6010 that H834 lieth by Beth H1050 -rehob . And they built H1129 H853 a city H5892 , and dwelt H3427 therein.
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29. They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.
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29. And they called H7121 the name H8034 of the city H5892 Dan H1835 , after the name H8034 of Dan H1835 their father H1 , who H834 was born H3205 unto Israel H3478 : howbeit H199 the name H8034 of the city H5892 was Laish H3919 at the first H7223 .
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30. The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
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30. And the children H1121 of Dan H1835 set up H6965 H853 the graven image H6459 : and Jonathan H3083 , the son H1121 of Gershom H1648 , the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , he H1931 and his sons H1121 were H1961 priests H3548 to the tribe H7626 of Dan H1839 until H5704 the day H3117 of the captivity H1540 of the land H776 .
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31. So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
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31. And they set them up H7760 H853 Micah H4318 's graven image H6459 , which H834 he made H6213 , all H3605 the time H3117 that the house H1004 of God H430 was H1961 in Shiloh H7887 .
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