1In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

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Judges 17:6, Judges 17:6, Judges 19:1, Judges 1:34, Judges 19:1

2So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men, of their stock and family, from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there:

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Judges 13:25, Judges 13:25, Joshua 2:1, Joshua 2:1, Numbers 13:17

3And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought thee hither? what dost thou here? why wouldst thou come hither?

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Matthew 26:73, Judges 12:6, Isaiah 22:16, Genesis 27:22, Matthew 26:73

4He answered them: Michas hath done such and such things for me, and hath hired me to be his priest.

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Judges 17:10, Judges 17:10, 1 Timothy 3:3, Isaiah 56:11, Malachi 1:10

5Then they desired him to consult the Lord, that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous, and the thing should have effect.

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1 Kings 22:5, 1 Kings 22:5, Acts 8:10, Acts 8:10, Isaiah 30:1

6He answered them: Go in peace: the Lord looketh on your way, and the journey that you go.

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1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:12, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, Jeremiah 23:21

7So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men.

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Joshua 19:47, Joshua 19:47, Judges 18:27, Judges 18:28, Judges 18:27

8And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done: to whom they answered:

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Judges 18:2, Judges 18:11, Judges 18:2, Judges 18:11, Judges 16:31

9Arise, and let us go up to them: for we have seen the land which is exceeding rich and fruitful: neglect not, lose no time: let us go and possess it, there will be no difficulty.

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Numbers 13:30, Joshua 2:23, Joshua 2:24, Numbers 13:30, Joshua 2:23

10We shall come to a people that is secure, into a spacious country, and the Lord will deliver the place to us, in which there is no want of any thing that groweth on the earth.

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Judges 18:27, Judges 18:27, Judges 18:7, Judges 18:7, Deuteronomy 4:1

11There went therefore of the kindred of Dan, to wit, from Saraa and Esthaol, six hundred men, furnished with arms for war.

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Judges 18:16, Judges 18:16

12And going up they lodged in Cariathiarim of Juda: which place from that time is called the camp of Dan, and is behind Cariathiarim.

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Judges 13:25, Judges 13:25, Joshua 15:60, Joshua 15:60, 2 Chronicles 1:4

13From thence they passed into mount Ephraim. And when they were come to the house of Michas,

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Joshua 24:33, Joshua 24:30, Judges 17:1, Judges 18:2, Judges 18:3

14The five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a graven and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do.

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Judges 17:5, Judges 17:5, Judges 18:3, Judges 18:4, Judges 18:3

15And when they had turned a little aside, they went into the house of the young man the Levite, who was in the house of Michas: and they saluted him with words of peace.

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Genesis 43:27, Genesis 43:27, Matthew 10:12, Matthew 10:13, John 14:27

16And the six hundred men stood before the door, appointed with their arms.

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Judges 18:11, Judges 18:11

17But they that were gone into the house of the young man, went about to take away the graven god, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten god, and the priest stood before the door, the six hundred valiant men waiting not far off.

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Judges 18:14, Judges 18:14, Judges 17:4, Judges 17:5, Judges 18:2

18So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god, And the priest said to them: What are you doing?

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19And they said to him: Hold thy peace, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?

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Job 21:5, Job 29:9, Judges 17:10, Job 21:5, Job 29:9

20When he heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.

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Ezekiel 13:19, Acts 20:33, Isaiah 56:11, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:15

21And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle, and all that was valuable,

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22And were now at a distance from the house of Michas, the men that dwelt in the houses of Michas gathering together followed them,

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23And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?

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1 Samuel 11:5, Psalms 114:5, 2 Kings 6:28, Genesis 21:17, Isaiah 22:1

24And he answered: You have taken away my gods which I have made me, and the priest, and all that I have, and do you say: What aileth thee?

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Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:19, Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:19, Psalms 115:8

25And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house.

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Job 27:2, 1 Samuel 30:6, Job 3:5, 2 Samuel 17:8, Job 27:2

26And so they went on the journey they had begun. But Michas seeing that they were stronger than he, returned to his house.

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27And the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we spoke of before, and came to Lais, to a people that was quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword: and the city they burnt with fire,

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Joshua 19:47, Judges 18:7, Joshua 19:47, Judges 18:7, Judges 18:10

28There being no man at all who brought them any succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society or business with any man. And the city was in the land of Rohob: and they rebuilt it, and dwelt therein,

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2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:6, Numbers 13:21, Judges 18:7, Numbers 13:21

29Calling the name of the city Dan, after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais.

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Joshua 19:47, Genesis 14:14, 1 Kings 15:20, Joshua 19:47, Genesis 14:14

30And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.

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1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, Judges 17:3

31And the idol of Michas remained with them all the time that the house of God was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel.

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Joshua 18:1, Joshua 18:1, Judges 19:18, 1 Samuel 1:3, Judges 19:18