Judges 18:2-10

2So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men out of their whole number, 1valiant men from 2Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, “Go, search the land.” And they came to 3the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. 3When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?” 4He said to them, “Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me and 4I have become his priest.” 5They said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether our way on which we are going will be prosperous.” 6The priest said to them, “Go in peace; your way in which you are going 5has the Lord’s approval.”

7Then the five men departed and came to 6Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no 7ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. 8When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?” 9They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you 8sit still? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land. 10When you enter, you will come to a secure people with a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, 9a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”