Verse 29
Judges 18:29
Bible in Basic English
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And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרְא֤וּ שֵׁם הָ/עִיר֙ דָּ֔ן בְּ/שֵׁם֙ דָּ֣ן אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּלַּ֖ד לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/אוּלָ֛ם לַ֥יִשׁ שֵׁם הָ/עִ֖יר לָ/רִאשֹׁנָֽה
English Translation
And they called the name of the city Dan after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel; but the city was originally named Laish.
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Chapter 18 Context
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In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage...
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So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtao...
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When they were near the house of Micah, hearing a voice which was not strange to them, that of the y...
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And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.
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Then they said, Do get directions from God (Elohim) for us, to see if the journey on which we are go...
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And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.
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Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living with...
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So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news...
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And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why...
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When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide...
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So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.
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And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-d...
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From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
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Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers...
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And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said...
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And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.
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Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured imag...
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And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family g...
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And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it be...
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Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image a...
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So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them...
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When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came...
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Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you ha...
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And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there f...
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And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you,...
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Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he w...
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And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quiet...
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And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it w...
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And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though th...
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(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,...
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And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that th...
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