1In those dayes there was no King in Israel, and at the same time the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for vnto that time all their inheritance had not fallen vnto them among the tribes of Israel.

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

2Therefore the children of Dan sent of their familie, fiue men out of their coastes, euen men expert in warre, out of Zorah and Eshtaol, to viewe the lande and search it out, and saide vnto them, Goe, and search out the lande. Then they came to mount Ephraim to the house of Michah and lodged there.

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

3When they were in the house of Michah, they knewe the voyce of the yong man the Leuite: and being turned in thither, they saide vnto him, Who brought thee hither? or what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou to doe here?

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

4And he answered them, Thus and thus dealeth Michah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.

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

5Againe they said vnto him, Aske counsell nowe of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we goe, shalbe prosperous.

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

6And the Priest sayde vnto them, Goe in peace: for the Lord guideth your way which ye goe.

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

7Then the fiue men departed and came to Laish, and sawe the people that were therein, which dwelt carelesse, after the maner of the Zidonians, quiet and sure, because no man made any trouble in the lande, or vsurped any dominion: also they were farre from the Zidonians, and had no businesse with other men.

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

8So they came againe vnto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren saide vnto them, What haue ye done?

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

9And they answered, Arise, that we may goe vp against them: for we haue seene the lande, and surely it is very good, and doe ye sit stil? be not slouthfull to goe and enter to possesse the lande:

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

10(If ye will goe, ye shall come vnto a carelesse people, and the countrey is large) for God hath giuen it into your hande. It is a place which doeth lacke nothing that is in the worlde.

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

11Then there departed thence of the familie of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, sixe hundreth men appointed with instruments of warre.

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Judges 18:16, Judges 18:16

12And they went vp, and pitched in Kiriath-iearim in Iudah: wherefore they called that place, Mahaneh-Dan vnto this day: and it is behinde Kiriath-iearim.

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

13And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Michah.

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

14Then answered the fiue men, that went to spie out the countrey of Laish, and said vnto their brethren, Knowe ye not, that there is in these houses an Ephod, and Teraphim, and a grauen and a molten image? Nowe therefore consider what ye haue to doe.

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

15And they turned thitherward and came to the house of the yong man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Michah, and saluted him peaceably.

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

16And the six hundreth men appointed with their weapons of warre, which were of the children of Dan, stoode by the entring of the gate.

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Judges 18:11, Judges 18:11

17Then the fiue men that went to spie out the land, went in thither, and tooke the grauen image and the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image: and the Priest stoode in the entring of the gate with the sixe hundreth men, that were appointed with weapons of warre,

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

18And the other went into Michahs house and fet the grauen image, the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the molten image. Then saide the Priest vnto them, What doe ye?

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19And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?

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

20And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.

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

21And they turned and departed, and put the children, and the cattell, and the substance before them.

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22When they were farre off from the house of Michah, the men that were in the houses neere to Michahs house, gathered together, and pursued after the children of Dan,

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23And cryed vnto the children of Dan: who turned their faces, and said vnto Michah, What ayleth thee, that thou makest an outcrie?

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

24And hee saide, Yee haue taken away my gods, which I made, and the Priest, and go your wayes: and what haue I more? howe then say ye vnto me, what ayleth 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 sayde vnto him, Let not thy voyce be heard among vs, least angrie fellowes runne vpon thee, and thou lose thy life with the liues of thine housholde.

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

26So the children of Dan went their wayes: and when Michah saw that they were too strong for him, hee turned, and went backe vnto his house.

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27And they tooke the things which Michah had made, and the Priest which he had, and came vnto Laish, vnto a quiet people and without mistrust, and smote them with the edge of the sworde, and burnt the citie with fire:

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

28And there was none to helpe, because Laish was farre from Zidon, and they had no businesse with other men: also it was in the valley that lyeth by Beth-rehob. After, they built the citie, and dwelt therein,

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

29And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning.

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

30Then the children of Dan set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Manasseh and his sonnes were the Priestes in the tribe of the Danites vntil the day of the captiuitie of the lande.

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

31So they set them vp the grauen image, which Michah had made, all the while the house of God was in Shiloh.

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