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Judges 18:2-10

2AndthechildrenofDanדָ֣ן׀danH1835sentH7971oftheirfamilyH4940fiveחֲמִשָּׁ֣הcha.mi.ShahH2568menH376fromtheirwholenumber,menH376ofvalor,fromZorahמִצָּרְעָ֣הmi.tza.re.'AhH6881,andfromEshtaolוּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗לu.me.'esh.ta.'OlH847,tospyלְרַגֵּ֤לle.ra.GelH7270outthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,andtosearchH2713it;andtheysaidH559untothem,GoH935,searchH2713thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.AndtheycameH935tothehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669, untothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofMicahמִיכָ֔הmi.KhahH4318,andlodgedthere.

3Whentheywerebythehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofMicahמִיכָ֔הmi.KhahH4318,theyknewthevoiceק֥וֹלKolH6963oftheyoungהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288manH5288theLeviteהַלֵּוִ֑יha.le.ViH3881;andtheyturnedH5493asideוַיָּס֣וּרוּvai.ya.Su.ruH5493thither,andsaidH559untohim,Whobroughtהֱבִיאֲךָ֣he.vi.'a.KhaH935thee hither?andwhatdoest thouinthisplace?andwhathast thouhereפֹֽה׃FohH6311?

4AndhesaidH559untothem,ThusandthushathMicahמִיכָ֑הmi.KhahH4318dealtwithme,andhehathhiredH7936me,andIamH1961becomeוָאֱהִי־va.'e.hi-H1961hispriestלְכֹהֵֽן׃le.kho.HenH3548.

5AndtheysaidH559untohim,AskH7592counsel,wepraythee,ofGodבֵאלֹהִ֑יםve.lo.HimH430,thatwemayknowוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'AhH3045whetherourwayH1870whichwegoH1980shallbeprosperous.

6Andthepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548saidH559untothem, Goinpeaceלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965:beforeJehovahisyourwayדַּרְכְּכֶ֖םdar.ke.KhemH1870whereinye go.

7Thenthefiveחֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shetH2568menH376departed,andcameH935toLaish,andsawH7200thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatweretherein,howtheydweltיוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־yo.she.vet-H3427insecurityלָ֠בֶטַחLa.ve.tachH983,afterthemannerH1697oftheSidoniansצִדֹנִ֜יםtzi.do.NimH6722,quietH8252andsecureוּבֹטֵ֗חַu.vo.Te.achH982;fortherewasnoneinthelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776, possessingauthority,thatmightputthemtoshameמַכְלִ֨יםmakh.LimH3637inanythingH1697,andtheywerefarוּרְחֹקִ֥יםu.re.cho.KimH7350fromtheSidoniansמִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔יםmi.Tzi.do.NimH6722,andhadnodealingswithanymanH376.

8AndtheycameH935untotheirbrethrentoZorahצָרְעָ֖הtza.re.'AhH6881andEshtaolוְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑לve.'esh.ta.'OlH847:andtheirbrethrensaidH559untothem,WhatsayH559ye?

9AndtheysaidH559,Ariseק֚וּמָהKu.mahH6965,andletusgoלָבֹ֖אla.Vo'H935upagainstthem;forwehaveseenH7200thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and,behold,itisveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966goodטוֹבָ֖הto.VahH2896:andareyestill?benotslothfultogoH935andtoenterintopossessH3423thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

10Whenyegoכְּבֹאֲכֶ֞םke.vo.'a.KhemH935, yeshallcomeתָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ta.Vo.'uH935untoapeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971secureבֹּטֵ֗חַbo.Te.achH982,andthelandוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzH776islarge;forGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenH5414itintoyourhandH3027,aplaceמָקוֹם֙ma.kOmH4725whereH834thereisnowantofanythingthatisintheearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

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