And the priest said to them, (A)“Go in peace. [a]The presence of the Lord be with you on your way.”

So the five men departed and went to (B)Laish. They saw the people who were there, (C)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the (D)Sidonians, and they had no ties [b]with anyone.

Then the spies came back to their brethren at (E)Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?

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  1. Judges 18:6 Lit. The Lord is before the way in which you go
  2. Judges 18:7 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX with Syria

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