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And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who
was
a Levite,
and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn
where he could find
a place:
and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I
am
a Levite of
Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find
a place.
10
And Micah said unto him, Dwell
with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten
shekels
of silver by the year,
and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell
with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the
Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah,
Now know I that the L
ORD
will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to
my
priest.
CHAPTER 18
In those days
there was
no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an
inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day
all their
inheritance had not fallen unto them among the
tribes of Israel.
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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of
valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them,
Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged
there.
3
When they
were
by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite:
and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in
this
place?
and what hast thou here?
4
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with
me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee,
of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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And the priest said
unto them, Go in peace: before the L
ORD
is your way wherein ye go.
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Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that
were
therein, how
they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and
there was
no magistrate
in the land, that might put
them
to shame in
any
thing; and they
were
far from the Zidonians, and
had no business with
any
man.
8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their
brethren said unto them, What
say
ye?
9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for
we have seen the land, and, behold, it
is
very good: and
are
ye still? be not slothful to go,
and
to
enter to possess the land.
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When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land:
for God hath given it into your hands; a place where
there is
no want of any thing that
is
in the
earth.
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And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six
hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
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And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim,
in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold,
it is
behind
Kirjath-jearim.
13
And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
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