Verse 14

Judges 18:14

Noah Webster Bible

14 Then answered the five men that went to explore the country of Laish, and said to 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 for the... Focus ↗
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their borders, men of valor, from Zorah,... 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 to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. Focus ↗
5 And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God (Elohim), that we may know whether our way w... Focus ↗
6 And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way in which ye go. Focus ↗
7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, how they dwelt ca... Focus ↗
8 And they came to their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said to them, What say ye? Focus ↗
9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and behold, it is v... Focus ↗
10 When ye go, ye shall come to a people secure, and to a large land: for God (Elohim) hath given it in... Focus ↗
11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundre... Focus ↗
12 And they went up, and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh... Focus ↗
13 And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. Focus ↗
14 Then answered the five men that went to explore the country of Laish, and said to their brethren, Do...
15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of... Focus ↗
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood... Focus ↗
17 And the five men that went to explore the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven ima... Focus ↗
18 And these went into Micah's house, and brought the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and th... Focus ↗
19 And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a fa... 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 furniture before them. Focus ↗
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah... Focus ↗
23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth t... Focus ↗
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye have gone away: and wha... Focus ↗
25 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows rush up... Focus ↗
26 And the children of Dan departed: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned an... Focus ↗
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a... Focus ↗
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business 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 to Israel... Focus ↗
30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manass... Focus ↗
31 And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of Go... Focus ↗