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The priest said to them, "Go in peace. The Lord is pleased with your journey."
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So the five men left. When they came to the city of Laish, they saw that the people there lived in safety, like the people of Sidon. They thought they were safe and had plenty of everything. They lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone else.
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When the five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, "What did you find?"
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They answered, "We have seen the land, and it is very good. We should attack them. Aren't you going to do something? Don't wait! Let's go and take that land!
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When you go, you will see there is plenty of land -- plenty of everything! The people are not expecting an attack. Surely God has handed that land over to us!"
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So six hundred Danites left Zorah and Eshtaol ready for war.
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On their way they set up camp near the city of Kiriath Jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is named Mahaneh Dann to this day.
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From there they traveled on to the mountains of Ephraim. Then they came to Micah's house.
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The five men who had explored the land around Laish said to their relatives, "Do you know in one of these houses there are a holy vest, household gods, an idol, and a statue? You know what to do."
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So they stopped at the Levite's house, which was also Micah's house, and greeted the Levite.
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The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance gate, wearing their weapons of war.