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Judges 18:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?” "

Judges 18:23

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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.

23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”

24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”

25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”

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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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