Verse 14

Judges 18:14

English Revised Version

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14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have 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 tribe of the Danites sought them an... Focus ↗

2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Z... Focus ↗

3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turn... Focus ↗

4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become... Focus ↗

5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God (Elohim), that we may know whether our way... Focus ↗

6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. Focus ↗

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt... Focus ↗

8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say... Focus ↗

9 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is v... Focus ↗

10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large: for God (Elohim) hath given i... Focus ↗

11 And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six h... Focus ↗

12 And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh... Focus ↗

13 And they passed thence unto the hill country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. Focus ↗

14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren,...

15 And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the hous... Focus ↗

16 And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by th... Focus ↗

17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven ima... Focus ↗

18 And when these went into Micah’s house and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, an... Focus ↗

19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us... Focus ↗

20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and... Focus ↗

21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them. Focus ↗

22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s h... Focus ↗

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aile... Focus ↗

24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what ha... Focus ↗

25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall... Focus ↗

26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he tur... Focus ↗

27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a pe... Focus ↗

28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with any man; an... Focus ↗

29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Isra... Focus ↗

30 And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, th... Focus ↗

31 So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 18 (31 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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