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  18:1 ¶
In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children of Israel. |
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18:1 ¶
In those°
days°
[there was] no°
king°
in Israel:°
and in those°
days°
the tribe°
of the Danites°
sought°°
them an inheritance°
to dwell°
in;°°
for°
unto°
that°
day°
[all their] inheritance°
had not°
fallen°°
unto them among°
the tribes°
of Israel.° |
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18:2
And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Zorah{gr.Saraa} and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Micah{gr.Michaias} and they lodged there, |
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18:2
And the children°
of Dan°
sent°°
of their family°°
five°
men°°
from their coasts,°°
men°°
of valour,°
from Zorah,°°
and from Eshtaol,°°
to spy°°
out°°
the land,°
and to search°°
it; and they said°°
unto°
them, Go,°°°
search°°°
the land:°
who when they came°°
to mount°
Ephraim,°
to°
the house°
of Micah,°
they lodged°°
there.° |
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18:3
in the house of Micah{gr.Michaias}, and they recognised the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in thither; and said to him, Who brought thee in hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? |
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18:3
When they°
[were] by°
the house°
of Micah,°
they°
knew°°°
the voice°
of the young man°
the Levite:°
and they turned in°°
thither,°
and said°°
unto him, Who°
brought°°
thee hither?°
and what°
makest°°
thou°
in this°
[place]? and what°
hast thou here?° |
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18:4
And he said to them, Thus and thus did Micah{gr.Michaias} to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest. |
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18:4
And he said°°
unto°
them, Thus°
and thus°
dealeth°°
Micah°
with me, and hath hired°°
me, and I am°
his priest.° |
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18:5
And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going. |
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18:5
And they said°°
unto him, Ask counsel,°°
we pray thee,°
of Elohim,°
that we may know°°
whether our way°
which°
we°
go°°
shall be prosperous.°° |
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18:6
And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which ye go, [is] before the Lord. |
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18:6
And the priest°
said°°
unto them, Go°°°
in peace:°
before°
Yahweh°
[is] your way°
wherein°
ye go.°°° |
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18:7 ¶
And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as [is] the manner of the Zidonians{gr.Sidonians}, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Zidonians{gr.Sidonians}, and they have no intercourse with any one. |
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18:7 ¶
Then the five°
men°°
departed,°°°
and came°°
to Laish,°
and saw°°°
the people°
that°
[were] therein,°
how they dwelt°°
careless,°
after the manner°
of the Zidonians,°
quiet°°
and secure;°°
and [there was] no°
magistrate°°°
in the land,°
that might put [them] to shame°°
in [any] thing;°
and they°
[were] far°
from the Zidonians,°°
and had no°
business°
with°
[any] man.° |
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18:8
And the five men came to their brethren to Zorah{gr.Saraa} and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here [idle]? |
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18:8
And they came°°
unto°
their brethren°
to Zorah°
and Eshtaol:°
and their brethren°
said°°
unto them, What°
[say] ye?° |
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18:9
And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, [it is] very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, an to enter in to possess the land. |
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18:9
And they said,°°
Arise,°°
that we may go up°°
against°
them: for°
we have seen°°°
the land,°
and, behold,°
it [is] very°
good:°
and [are] ye°
still?°°
be not slothful°°°
to go,°°°
[and] to enter°°
to possess°°°
the land.° |
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18:10
And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land [is] extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that the earth affords. |
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18:10
When ye go,°°
ye shall come°°
unto°
a people°
secure,°°
and to a large°
land:°
for°
Elohim°
hath given°°
it into your hands;°
a place°
where°
[there is] no°
want°
of any°
thing°
that°
[is] in the earth.° |
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18:11 ¶
And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Zorah{gr.Saraa} and from Esthaol, six hundred men, girded with weapons of war. |
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18:11 ¶
And there went°°
from thence°°
of the family°°
of the Danites,°
out of Zorah°°
and out of Eshtaol,°°
six°
hundred°
men°
appointed°°
with weapons°
of war.° |
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18:12
And they went up, and encamped in Kirjathjearim{gr.Cariathiarim} in Judah{gr.Juda}; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, [it is] behind Kirjathjearim{gr.Cariathiarim}. |
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18:12
And they went up,°°
and pitched°°
in Kirjathjearim,°
in Judah:°
wherefore°°
they called°°
that°
place°
Mahanehdan°
unto°
this°
day:°
behold,°
[it is] behind°
Kirjathjearim.° |
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18:13
And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah{gr.Michaias}. |
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18:13
And they passed°°
thence°°
unto mount°
Ephraim,°
and came°°
unto°
the house°
of Micah.° |
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18:14 ¶
And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do. |
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18:14 ¶
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.°° |
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18:15
And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, [even] into the house of Micah{gr.Michaias}, and asked him how he was. |
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18:15
And they turned°°
thitherward,°
and came°°
to°
the house°
of the young man°
the Levite,°
[even] unto the house°
of Micah,°
and saluted°°°
him. |
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18:16
And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate. |
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18:16
And the six°
hundred°
men°
appointed°°
with their weapons°
of war,°
which°
[were] of the children°°
of Dan,°
stood°°
by the entering°
of the gate.° |
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18:17
And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Micah{gr.Michaias}, and the priest stood. |
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18:17
And the five°
men°°
that went°°°
to spy out°°°
the land°
went up,°°
[and] came in°°
thither,°
[and] took°°°
the graven image,°
and the ephod,°
and the teraphim,°
and the molten image:°
and the priest°
stood°°
in the entering°
of the gate°
with the six°
hundred°
men°
[that were] appointed°°
with weapons°
of war.° |
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18:18
And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are ye doing? |
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18:18
And these°
went°°
into Micah's°
house,°
and fetched°°°
the carved image,°
the ephod,°
and the teraphim,°
and the molten image.°
Then said°°
the priest°
unto°
them, What°
do°°
ye?° |
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18:19
And they said to him, Be silent, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel? |
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18:19
And they said°°
unto him, Hold thy peace,°°
lay°°
thine hand°
upon°
thy mouth,°
and go°°°
with°
us, and be°
to us°°
a father°
and a priest:°
[is it] better°
for thee to be°
a priest°
unto the house°
of one°
man,°
or°
that thou be°
a priest°
unto a tribe°
and a family°
in Israel?° |
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18:20
And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people. |
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18:20
And the priest's°
heart°
was glad,°°
and he took°°°
the ephod,°
and the teraphim,°
and the graven image,°
and went°
in°°
the midst°
of the people.° |
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18:21
So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them. |
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18:21
So they turned°°
and departed,°°°
and put°°°
the little ones°
and the cattle°
and the carriage°
before°
them. |
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18:22 ¶
They went some distance from the house of Micah{gr.Michaias}, and, behold, Micah{gr.Michaias} and the men in the houses near Micah's{gr.Michaias} house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan. |
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18:22 ¶
[And] when they°
were a good way°°
from the house°°
of Micah,°
the men°°
that°
[were] in the houses°
near°
to Micah's°
house°
were gathered together,°°
and overtook°°°
the children°
of Dan.° |
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18:23
And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Micah{gr.Michaias}, What is the matter with thee that thou hast cried out? |
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18:23
And they cried°°
unto°
the children°
of Dan.°
And they turned°°
their faces,°
and said°°
unto Micah,°
What°
aileth thee, that°
thou comest with such a company?°° |
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18:24
And Micah{gr.Michaias} said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what [is] this [that] ye say to me, Why criest thou? |
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18:24
And he said,°°
Ye have taken away°°°
my elohim°
which°
I made,°°
and the priest,°
and ye are gone away:°°°
and what°
have I more?°
and what°
[is] this°
[that] ye say°°
unto°
me, What°
aileth thee? |
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18:25
And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house. |
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18:25
And the children°
of Dan°
said°°
unto°
him, Let not°
thy voice°
be heard°°
among°
us, lest°
angry°°
fellows°°
run°°
upon thee, and thou lose°°
thy life,°
with the lives°
of thy household.° |
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18:26
And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah{gr.Michaias} saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house. |
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18:26
And the children°
of Dan°
went°°°
their way:°
and when Micah°
saw°°
that°
they°
[were] too strong°
for°
him, he turned°°
and went back°°
unto°
his house.° |
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18:27
And the children of Dan took what Micah{gr.Michaias} had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. |
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18:27
And they°
took°°°
[the things] which°
Micah°
had made,°°
and the priest°
which°
he had,°
and came°°
unto°
Laish,°
unto°
a people°
[that were] at quiet°°
and secure:°°
and they smote°°
them with the edge°
of the sword,°
and burnt°°
the city°
with fire.° |
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18:28
And there was no deliverer, because [the city] is far from the Zidonians{gr.Sidonians}, and they have no intercourse with men, and it [is] in the valley of the house of Rahab{gr.Raab}; and they built the city, and dwelt in it. |
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18:28
And [there was] no°
deliverer,°°
because°
it°
[was] far°
from Zidon,°°
and they had no°
business°
with°
[any] man;°
and it°
was in the valley°
that°
[lieth] by Bethrehob.°
And they built°°°
a city,°
and dwelt°°
therein. |
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18:29
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was Ulamais before. |
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18:29
And they called°°
the name°
of the city°
Dan,°
after the name°
of Dan°
their father,°
who°
was born°°
unto Israel:°
howbeit°
the name°
of the city°
[was] Laish°
at the first.° |
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18:30 ¶
And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gershom{gr.Gerson} son of Manasseh{gr.Manasse}, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation. |
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18:30 ¶
And the children°
of Dan°
set up°°°
the graven image:°
and Jonathan,°
the son°
of Gershom,°°
the son°
of Manasseh,°
he°
and his sons°
were°
priests°
to the tribe°
of Dan°
until°
the day°
of the captivity°°
of the land.° |
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18:31
And they set up for themselves the graven image which Micah{gr.Michaias} made, all the days that the house of God was in Shelah{gr.Selom}; and it was so in those days [that] there was no king in Israel. |
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18:31
And they set them up°°°
Micah's°
graven image,°
which°
he made,°°
all°
the time°
that the house°
of Elohim°
was°
in Shiloh.° |
