14 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.” 15 So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
Judges 18:14–16
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Judges 18:2–4
2 So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent…
Judges 18:21–23
21 Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed. 22 After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites. 23 When they called out…
Judges 18:26–28
26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him. 27 After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their… 28 …
Judges 18:30–31
30 The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole ti…
Judges 17:6–8
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Judges 20:26–28
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1 Kings 13:11–13
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Judges 18:7–9
7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no…
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