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Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.
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And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.
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Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.
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So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?
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And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.
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When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.
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So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.
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And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.
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From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
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Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.
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And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?