4
He answered, "Here's the arrangement Mikhah has made with me: he pays me a wage, and I serve as his cohen."
5
They said to him, "Please ask God whether our journey will be successful."
6
The cohen replied, "Don't worry. ADONAI is with you on this journey."
7
The five men left, came to Layish and saw the people there living securely according to the customs of the Tzidonim, quietly and securely; since no one in the land was exercising authority that might shame them in any respect; moreover, they were far away from the Tzidonim and had no dealings with other peoples.
8
When they returned to their kinsmen in Tzor'ah and Eshta'ol, they asked them what they had to report.
9
They said, "Let's go up and attack them. We've seen the land, and it's excellent. Don't delay; start moving! Go in, and take the land!
10
When you go, you will come to a people who feel safe. There's plenty of land, the place lacks nothing, it has everything there is on earth, and God has given it to you."
11
So from the tribe of Dan 600 men equipped for war set out from there, from Tzor'ah and Eshta'ol.
12
They went up and camped at Kiryat-Ye'arim, in Y'hudah, which is why that place is called Machaneh-Dan [the camp of Dan] to this day (actually, it's behind Kiryat-Ye'arim).
13
From there they passed on into the hills of Efrayim and came to Mikhah's house.
14
The men who had gone to spy out the land of Layish then said to their kinsmen, "Are you aware that in these buildings there is a ritual vest, household gods and a carved image overlaid with silver? Decide what you ought to do."