Verse 14

Judges 18:14

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14 Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַֽ/יַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַ/הֹלְכִים֮ לְ/רַגֵּל֮ אֶת הָ/אָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל אֲחֵי/הֶ֔ם הַ/יְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּ/בָּתִּ֤ים הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּ/תְרָפִ֔ים וּ/פֶ֖סֶל וּ/מַסֵּכָ֑ה וְ/עַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה תַּעֲשֽׂוּ

English Translation

And the five men who were going to spy out the land said to their brothers, "Do you know that there are ephods and teraphim and idols and molten images in these houses? And now know what you will do."

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Chapter 18 Context

1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage... Focus ↗

2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtao... Focus ↗

3 When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the y... Focus ↗

4 And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest. Focus ↗

5 Then they said, Do get directions from God (Elohim) for us, to see if the journey on which we are go... Focus ↗

6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord. Focus ↗

7 Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living with... Focus ↗

8 So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news... Focus ↗

9 And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why... Focus ↗

10 When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide... Focus ↗

11 So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war. Focus ↗

12 And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-d... Focus ↗

13 From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah. Focus ↗

14 Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers...

15 And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said... Focus ↗

16 And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway. Focus ↗

17 Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured imag... Focus ↗

18 And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family g... Focus ↗

19 And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it be... Focus ↗

20 Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image a... Focus ↗

21 So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them... Focus ↗

22 When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came... Focus ↗

23 Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you ha... Focus ↗

24 And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there f... Focus ↗

25 And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you,... Focus ↗

26 Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he w... Focus ↗

27 And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quiet... Focus ↗

28 And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it w... Focus ↗

29 And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though th... Focus ↗

30 (And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,... Focus ↗

31 And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that th... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 18 (31 verses)
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