In those H1992 days H3117 there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 of Israel H3478; and in those H1992 days H3117 the tribe H7626 of the Danites H1839 was seeking H1245 an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live H3427 in, for until H5704 that day H3117 the land among H8432 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 had not fallen H5307 to them as an inheritance H5159.
Then the five H2568 men H376 went H1980 forth and came H935 to Laish H3919 and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, after the [fn]manner H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and secure H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 conqueror H3423 dishonoring H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.
And the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 answered H6030 and said H559 to their relatives H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image H4541? So now H6258, know H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”
Now they took H3947 what H834 Micah H4318 had made H6213 and the priest H3548 who H834 had H1961 belonged H1961 to him, and they came H935 to Laish H3919, to a people H5971 quiet H8252 and secure H982, and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and they burned H8313 the city H5892 with fire H784.
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