1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in; for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
2
So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Esh'ta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of E'phraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3
When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"
4
And he said to them, "Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest."
5
And they said to him, "Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed."
6
And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD."