And the Priest said unto them, [a]Go in peace: for the Lord guideth your way which ye go.

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, which dwelt careless, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and sure, because no man [b]made any trouble in the land, or usurped any dominion: also they were far from the Sidonians, and had no business with other men.

¶ So they came again unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What have ye done?

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:6 Thus God granteth the idolaters sometime their requests to their destruction that delight in errors.
  2. Judges 18:7 Hebrew, made them ashamed.

The priest answered them, “Go in peace(A). Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”

So the five men(B) left and came to Laish,(C) where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure.(D) And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[a] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians(E) and had no relationship with anyone else.[b]

When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  2. Judges 18:7 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts with the Arameans