Verse 5
Judges 18:5
Geneva Bible
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Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God (Elohim), that we may knowe whether the way which we goe, shalbe prosperous.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖/וֹ שְׁאַל נָ֣א בֵ/אלֹהִ֑ים וְ/נֵ֣דְעָ֔ה הֲ/תַצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכֵּ֔/נוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנַ֖חְנוּ הֹלְכִ֥ים עָלֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
And they said to him, "Please inquire of God, and let us know whether our path will succeed, which we are walking on."
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Chapter 18 Context
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In those dayes there was no King in Israel, and at the same time the tribe of Dan sought them an inh...
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Therefore the children of Dan sent of their familie, fiue men out of their coastes, euen men expert...
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When they were in the house of Michah, they knewe the voyce of the yong man the Leuite: and being tu...
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And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.
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Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God (Elohim), that we may knowe whether the way whi...
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And the Priest sayde vnto them, Goe in peace: for the Lord guideth your way which ye goe.
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Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therein, which dwelt car...
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So they came againe vnto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren saide vnto them, Wh...
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And they answered, Arise, that we may goe vp against them: for we haue seene the lande, and surely i...
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(If ye will goe, ye shall come vnto a carelesse people, and the countrey is large) for God (Elohim)...
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11
Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, sixe hundreth...
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12
And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-...
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13
And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Michah.
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Then answered the fiue men, that went to spie out the countrey of Laish, and said vnto their brethre...
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And they turned thitherward and came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of...
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And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of warre, which were of the children of Dan, s...
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Then the fiue men that went to spie out the land, went in thither, and tooke the grauen image and th...
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And the other went into Michahs house and fet the grauen image, the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the...
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And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our f...
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And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and...
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And they turned and departed, and put the children, and the cattell, and the substance before them.
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When they were farre off from the house of Michah, the men that were in the houses neere to Michahs...
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And cryed vnto the children of Dan: who turned their faces, and said vnto Michah, What ayleth thee,...
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And hee saide, Yee haue taken away my gods, which I made, and the Priest, and go your wayes: and wha...
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And the children of Dan sayde vnto him, Let not thy voyce be heard among vs, least angrie fellowes r...
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So the children of Dan went their wayes: and when Michah saw that they were too strong for him, hee...
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And they tooke the things which Michah had made, and the Priest which he had, and came vnto Laish, v...
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And there was none to helpe, because Laish was farre from Zidon, and they had no businesse with othe...
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And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel...
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Then the children of Dan set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne...
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So they set them vp the grauen image, which Michah had made, all the while the house of God (Elohim)...
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