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THE SCION OF THE DANIY SEEK AN INHERITANCE
In those days, there is no sovereign in Yisra El; and in those days the scion of the Daniy seek an inheritance to settle; for up to that day, their inheritance fell not to them among the scions of Yisra El. 2 And the sons of Dan send five men of their family of their men - sons of valour from Sorah and from Eshtaol to spy out the land and to probe it: and they say to them, Go, probe the land. And they come to mount Ephrayim, to the house of Michah Yah, and they stay there overnight: 3 and they are by the house of Michah Yah, and they recognize the voice of the lad the Leviy: and they turn in there, and say to him, Who brought you here? And what work you here? And what have you here? 4 And he says to them, Michah Yah works thus and thus to me; he hired me and I am his priest. 5 And they say to him, Ask counsel, we beseech you, of Elohim, to know whether the way we go prospers. 6 And the priest says to them, Go in shalom: Yah Veh goes in front of the way you go. \ par 7
THE SCION OF THE DANIY COME TO LAISH
Then the five men go and come to Laish and see the people within - how they settle confidently after the judgment of the Sidoniy - rested and confident; and there is no restrainer in the land to shame them in word; and they are far from the Sidoniy and have no word with humanity: 8 and they come to their brothers at Sorah and Eshtaol. And their brothers say to them, What - you? 9 And they say, Rise! We ascend against them! For we saw the land; and behold, it is mighty good! And you, hush! Be not slothful to go, to enter to possess the land. 10 When you go, you come to a people confident and to a land broad of hands: for Elohim gives it into your hands; a place of no lack of any word in the earth. 11 And of all the family of the Daniy - from Sorah and from Eshtaol six hundred men girded with instruments of war pull from there: 12 and they ascend and encamp in Qiryath Arim in Yah Hudah: so they call that place Machaneh Dan/Camp of Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Qiryath Arim. 13 And from there, they pass to mount Ephrayim and come to the house of Michah Yah. 14 Then the five men who go to spy out the land of Laish answer and say to their brothers, Know you, that in these houses, there are an ephod and a teraphim and a sculptile and a molten? Now perceive what to work. 15 And they turn aside and come to the house of the lad the Leviy - to the house of Michah Yah and ask shalom of him: 16 and the six hundred men of the sons of Dan girt with their instruments of war, station themselves by the opening of the portal: 17 and the five men who go to spy the land ascend and come in thither; and take the sculptile and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten: and the priest stations himself in the opening of the portal with the six hundred men girt with instruments of war: 18 and they go in the house of Michah Yah and take the sculptile and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten. And the priest says to them, What work you? 19 And they say to him, Hush! Set your hand on your mouth and come with us and become to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man? Or that you be a priest to a scion and a family in Yisra El? 20 And the heart of the priest is well-pleased; and he takes the ephod and the teraphim and the sculptile and goes midst the people: 21 and they turn face and go and set the toddlers and the chattel and the honorable at their face. 22 And they become far removed from the house of Michah Yah; and the men in the houses near the house of Michah Yah cry out and adhere to the sons of Dan 23 - and they cry out to the sons of Dan. And they turn their faces and say to Michah Yah, What is it to you, that you cry out? 24 And he says, You take the elohim I worked and the priest and you go! What more have I? What is this that you say to me, What - to you? 25 And the sons of Dan say to him, O that your voice not be heard among us, lest men bitter of soul encounter you and gather your soul with the souls of your household. 26 And the sons of Dan go their way; and Michah Yah sees they are too strong for him: and he turns face and turns back to his house. 27 And they take what Michah Yah worked and the priest he had; and come to Laish - to a people resting confidently: and they smite them with the mouth of the sword and burn the city with fire: 28 and there is no rescuer because it is far from Sidon; and they have no word with humanity; and it is in the valley by Beth Rechob. And they build a city and settle therein: 29 and they call the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was birthed to Yisra El: but formerly, the name of the city is Laish.
THE SCION OF THE DANIY SEEK AN INHERITANCE
In those days, there is no sovereign in Yisra El; and in those days the scion of the Daniy seek an inheritance to settle; for up to that day, their inheritance fell not to them among the scions of Yisra El. 2 And the sons of Dan send five men of their family of their men - sons of valour from Sorah and from Eshtaol to spy out the land and to probe it: and they say to them, Go, probe the land. And they come to mount Ephrayim, to the house of Michah Yah, and they stay there overnight: 3 and they are by the house of Michah Yah, and they recognize the voice of the lad the Leviy: and they turn in there, and say to him, Who brought you here? And what work you here? And what have you here? 4 And he says to them, Michah Yah works thus and thus to me; he hired me and I am his priest. 5 And they say to him, Ask counsel, we beseech you, of Elohim, to know whether the way we go prospers. 6 And the priest says to them, Go in shalom: Yah Veh goes in front of the way you go. \ par 7
THE SCION OF THE DANIY COME TO LAISH
Then the five men go and come to Laish and see the people within - how they settle confidently after the judgment of the Sidoniy - rested and confident; and there is no restrainer in the land to shame them in word; and they are far from the Sidoniy and have no word with humanity: 8 and they come to their brothers at Sorah and Eshtaol. And their brothers say to them, What - you? 9 And they say, Rise! We ascend against them! For we saw the land; and behold, it is mighty good! And you, hush! Be not slothful to go, to enter to possess the land. 10 When you go, you come to a people confident and to a land broad of hands: for Elohim gives it into your hands; a place of no lack of any word in the earth. 11 And of all the family of the Daniy - from Sorah and from Eshtaol six hundred men girded with instruments of war pull from there: 12 and they ascend and encamp in Qiryath Arim in Yah Hudah: so they call that place Machaneh Dan/Camp of Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Qiryath Arim. 13 And from there, they pass to mount Ephrayim and come to the house of Michah Yah. 14 Then the five men who go to spy out the land of Laish answer and say to their brothers, Know you, that in these houses, there are an ephod and a teraphim and a sculptile and a molten? Now perceive what to work. 15 And they turn aside and come to the house of the lad the Leviy - to the house of Michah Yah and ask shalom of him: 16 and the six hundred men of the sons of Dan girt with their instruments of war, station themselves by the opening of the portal: 17 and the five men who go to spy the land ascend and come in thither; and take the sculptile and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten: and the priest stations himself in the opening of the portal with the six hundred men girt with instruments of war: 18 and they go in the house of Michah Yah and take the sculptile and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten. And the priest says to them, What work you? 19 And they say to him, Hush! Set your hand on your mouth and come with us and become to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man? Or that you be a priest to a scion and a family in Yisra El? 20 And the heart of the priest is well-pleased; and he takes the ephod and the teraphim and the sculptile and goes midst the people: 21 and they turn face and go and set the toddlers and the chattel and the honorable at their face. 22 And they become far removed from the house of Michah Yah; and the men in the houses near the house of Michah Yah cry out and adhere to the sons of Dan 23 - and they cry out to the sons of Dan. And they turn their faces and say to Michah Yah, What is it to you, that you cry out? 24 And he says, You take the elohim I worked and the priest and you go! What more have I? What is this that you say to me, What - to you? 25 And the sons of Dan say to him, O that your voice not be heard among us, lest men bitter of soul encounter you and gather your soul with the souls of your household. 26 And the sons of Dan go their way; and Michah Yah sees they are too strong for him: and he turns face and turns back to his house. 27 And they take what Michah Yah worked and the priest he had; and come to Laish - to a people resting confidently: and they smite them with the mouth of the sword and burn the city with fire: 28 and there is no rescuer because it is far from Sidon; and they have no word with humanity; and it is in the valley by Beth Rechob. And they build a city and settle therein: 29 and they call the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was birthed to Yisra El: but formerly, the name of the city is Laish.