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Judges 18:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people. "
Judges 18:20
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18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
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Judges 18:1
"In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel."
Judges 18:2
"The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there."
Judges 18:3
"When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”"
Judges 18:4
"He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”"
Judges 18:5
"They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”"
Judges 18:6
"The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before the LORD.”"
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