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Judges 18:1-13

1Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117therewasnokingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,andinthosedaysוּבַיָּמִ֣יםu.vai.ya.MimH3117thetribeH7626oftheDanitessoughtמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245forthemselvesaninheritanceנַֽחֲלָה֙na.cha.LahH5159todwellלָשֶׁ֔בֶתla.She.vetH3427in;fortothatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117[theirlot]hadnotfallenH5307tothemforinheritanceבְּנַחֲלָֽה׃ סbe.na.cha.LahH5159amongthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

2AndthechildrenofDanדָ֣ן׀danH1835sentH7971oftheirfamilyH4940fiveחֲמִשָּׁ֣הcha.mi.ShahH2568menH376oftheirwholenumber,menH376ofvalour,fromZoreahandfromEshtaolוּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗לu.me.'esh.ta.'OlH847,tospyלְרַגֵּ֤לle.ra.GelH7270outthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,andtoexamineH2713it;andtheysaidH559tothem,GoH935,examineH2713thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.AndtheycameH935tothehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669,tothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofMicahמִיכָ֔הmi.KhahH4318,andlodgedthere.

3Whentheywerebythehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofMicahמִיכָ֔הmi.KhahH4318,theyknewthevoiceק֥וֹלKolH6963oftheyoungהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288manH5288,theLeviteהַלֵּוִ֑יha.le.ViH3881;andtheyturnedוַיָּס֣וּרוּvai.ya.Su.ruH5493inthither,andsaidH559tohim,Whobroughtהֱבִיאֲךָ֣he.vi.'a.KhaH935thee hither?andwhatdoest thouinthis[place]?andwhathast thouhereפֹֽה׃FohH6311?

4AndhesaidH559tothem,ThusandthushasMicahמִיכָ֑הmi.KhahH4318donetome;andhehashiredH7936me,andIamH1961hispriestלְכֹהֵֽן׃le.kho.HenH3548.

5AndtheysaidH559tohim,Inquire,wepraythee,ofGodבֵאלֹהִ֑יםve.lo.HimH430,thatwemayknowוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'AhH3045whetherourwayH1870onwhichwegoH1980shallbeprosperous.

6Andthepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548saidH559tothem, Goinpeaceלְשָׁל֑וֹםle.sha.LomH7965:beforeJehovahisyourwayדַּרְכְּכֶ֖םdar.ke.KhemH1870onwhichye go.

7Andthefiveחֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shetH2568menH376departed,andcameH935toLaish;andtheysawH7200thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatweretherein,dwellingיוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־yo.she.vet-H3427securely,afterthemannerH1697oftheZidonians,quietH8252andsecureוּבֹטֵ֗חַu.vo.Te.achH982;andnooneH376wasinthelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776whopossessedH3423authority,thatmightput[them]toshameמַכְלִ֨יםmakh.LimH3637inanythingH1697;andtheywerefarוּרְחֹקִ֥יםu.re.cho.KimH7350fromtheZidonians,andhadnothingH369todowith[any]manH376.

8—AndtheycameH935totheirbrethrenatZoreahandEshtaolוְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑לve.'esh.ta.'OlH847.AndtheirbrethrensaidH559tothem,What[sayH559] ye?

9AndtheysaidH559,Ariseק֚וּמָהKu.mahH6965,andletusgoלָבֹ֖אla.Vo'H935upagainstthem;forwehaveseenH7200thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andbehold,itisveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966goodטוֹבָ֖הto.VahH2896;andyearestill!BenotslothfultogoH935,toentertotakeלָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423possessionH3423ofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

10Whenyegoכְּבֹאֲכֶ֞םke.vo.'a.KhemH935in, yeshallcomeתָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ta.Vo.'uH935toapeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971secureבֹּטֵ֗חַbo.Te.achH982,andthelandוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzH776isspaciousineverydirection;forGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hasgivenH5414itintoyourhandsH3027; [itis]aplaceמָקוֹם֙ma.kOmH4725whereH834thereisnowantofanythingthatisontheearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

11AndtherewentfromthenceofthefamilyH4940oftheDanites,outofZoreahandoutofEshtaolוּמֵאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑לu.me.'esh.ta.'OlH847,sixשֵֽׁשׁ־shesh-H8337hundredH3967menאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376girdedחָג֖וּרcha.GurH2296withweaponsכְּלֵ֥יke.LeiH3627ofwarמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421.

12AndtheywentH5927upandencampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inKirjath-jearim,inJudahבִּֽיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063;thereforeH3651theycallקָרְאוּ֩ka.re.'UH7121thatplaceלַמָּק֨וֹםla.ma.KomH4725Mahaneh-DanH4265tothisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117:behold,itisbehindKirjath-jearim.

13AndtheypassedH5674thencetomountEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,andcameH935tothehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofMicahמִיכָֽה׃mi.KhahH4318.

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