Verse 10
Judges 18:10
New Living Translation
10
When you get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. God (Elohim) has given us a spacious and fertile land, lacking in nothing!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/בֹאֲ/כֶ֞ם תָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל עַ֣ם בֹּטֵ֗חַ וְ/הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדַ֔יִם כִּֽי נְתָנָ֥/הּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/יֶדְ/כֶ֑ם מָקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין שָׁ֣ם מַחְס֔וֹר כָּל דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
When you come to a secure people and a land wide in hands, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the land.
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Chapter 18 Context
1
Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they cou...
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So the men of Dan chose from their clans five capable warriors from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol t...
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While at Micah’s house, they recognized the young Levite’s accent, so they went over and asked him,...
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He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he had been hired as Micah’s personal priest.
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Then they said, “Ask God (Elohim) whether or not our journey will be successful.”
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“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “For the LORD is watching over your journey.”
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So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, l...
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8
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”
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The men replied, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are y...
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When you get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. God (Elohim) has given us a spac...
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So 600 men from the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
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12
They camped at a place west of Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
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Then they went on from there into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
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The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish explained to the others, “These buildings con...
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Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah’s house, where the young Levite lived,...
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As the 600 armed warriors from the tribe of Dan stood at the entrance of the gate,
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the five scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred ephod, the household ido...
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18
When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah’s shrine, he said, “What ar...
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“Be quiet and come with us,” they said. “Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn’t it better to be...
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The young priest was quite happy to go with them, so he took along the sacred ephod, the household i...
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They turned and started on their way again, placing their children, livestock, and possessions in fr...
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22
When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah’s house, the people who lived...
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23
They were shouting as they caught up with them. The men of Dan turned around and said to Micah, “Wha...
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24
“What do you mean, ‘What’s the matter?’” Micah replied. “You’ve taken away all the gods I have made,...
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The men of Dan said, “Watch what you say! There are some short-tempered men around here who might ge...
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So the men of Dan continued on their way. When Micah saw that there were too many of them for him to...
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27
Then, with Micah’s idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were...
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28
There was no one to rescue the people, for they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies...
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29
They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel’s son, but it had originally been called Lais...
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30
Then they set up the carved image, and they appointed Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses, as thei...
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So Micah’s carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God (Elohim)...
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