Shìshījì 18:5

5 Tāmen duì tā shuō , qǐng nǐ qiú wèn shén , shǐ wǒmen zhīdào suǒ xíng de dàolù tōngdá bù tōngdá .

Shìshījì 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 18:5

And they said unto him, ask counsel, we pray thee, of God
They did not reprove him for assuming the priestly office, when they knew he was a Levite, such was the corruption of those times, and the great depravity and declensions they were fallen into; nor even for the idolatry he was guilty of, but encourage him in it, and thought they had got a fine opportunity, which they readily laid hold on, to have counsel asked for them of God, about the success of the errand they were sent about; to this they were led at sight of the ephod, which was like that in the tabernacle, and of the teraphim, images which, according to a notion that prevailed, when consulted, foretold future things; whether by God they meant the true God, who they thought would give an answer by these, or Micah's gods, is not certain; according to the Targum of Jonathan, they meant the true God, which paraphrases it,

``ask of the Word of the Lord:''

that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous or no;
whether they should find out a proper place to dwell in, and be able to get possession of it.

Shìshījì 18:5 In-Context

3 Tāmen línjìn Mǐjiā de zhùzhái , tīng chū nà shàonián Lìwèi rén de kǒuyīn lái , jiù jìn qù wèn tā shuō , shuí lǐng nǐ dào zhèlǐ lái . nǐ zaì zhèlǐ zuò shénme . nǐ zaì zhèlǐ dé shénme .

4 Tā huídá shuō , Mǐjiā dāi wǒ rúcǐ rúcǐ , qǐng wǒ zuò jìsī .

5 Tāmen duì tā shuō , qǐng nǐ qiú wèn shén , shǐ wǒmen zhīdào suǒ xíng de dàolù tōngdá bù tōngdá .

6 Jìsī duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen kĕyǐ píng píngān ān dì qù , nǐmen suǒ xíng de dàolù shì zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián de .

7 Wǔ rén jiù zǒu le , lái dào là yì , jiàn nàli de mín ān jū wú lǜ , rútóng Xīdùn rén ān jū yíyàng . zaì nà dì méiyǒu rén zhǎngquán rǎoluàn tāmen . tāmen lí Xīdùn rén yĕ yuǎn , yǔ biérén méiyǒu láiwǎng .