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The priest replied, “Go in peace. The mission you are on is under the eye of the Lord.”

The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[a] nothing on earth, and possessing wealth.[b] Furthermore, they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with Aram.[c] When they came to their kinsfolk at Zorah and Eshtaol, they said to them, “What do you report?”

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  1. Judges 18:7 Cn Compare 18.10: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Judges 18:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. Judges 18:7 Symmachus: Heb with anyone

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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  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