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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
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      <verse number='1'>In <strongs number="1992">those</strongs><strongs number="3117">days</strongs><em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>in <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>: and in <strongs number="1992">those</strongs><strongs number="3117">days</strongs>the <strongs number="7626">tribe</strongs>of the <strongs number="1839">Danites</strongs><strongs number="1245">sought</strongs>them an <strongs number="5159">inheritance</strongs>to <strongs number="3427">dwell</strongs>in; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="5704">unto</strongs><strongs number="1931">that</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs><em> all </em><em> their </em><strongs number="5159">inheritance</strongs>had <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5307">fallen</strongs>unto them <strongs number="8432">among</strongs>the <strongs number="7626">tribes</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>And the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs><strongs number="7971">sent</strongs>of their <strongs number="4480 4940">family</strongs><strongs number="2568">five</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs>from their <strongs number="4480 7098">coasts</strongs>, <strongs number="376">men</strongs>of <strongs number="2428">valor</strongs>, from <strongs number="4480 6881">Zorah</strongs>, and from <strongs number="4480 847">Eshtaol</strongs>, to spy <strongs number="7270">out</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>, and to <strongs number="2713">search</strongs>it; and they <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>them, <strongs number="1980">Go</strongs>, <strongs number="2713">search</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>: who when they <strongs number="935">came</strongs>to <strongs number="2022">mount</strongs><strongs number="669">Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs number="5704">to</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>, they <strongs number="3885">lodged</strongs><strongs number="8033">there</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>When <strongs number="1992">they</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="5973">by</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>, <strongs number="1992">they</strongs><strongs number="5234">knew</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="6963">voice</strongs>of the young <strongs number="5288">man</strongs>the <strongs number="3881">Levite</strongs>: and they turned <strongs number="5493">in</strongs><strongs number="8033">thither</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto him, <strongs number="4310">Who</strongs><strongs number="935">brought</strongs>thee <strongs number="1988">hither</strongs>? and <strongs number="4100">what</strongs><strongs number="6213">makest</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs>in <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><em> place </em>? and <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>hast thou <strongs number="6311">here</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='4'>And he <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>them, <strongs number="2090">Thus</strongs>and <strongs number="2090">thus</strongs><strongs number="6213">dealeth</strongs><strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>with me, and hath <strongs number="7936">hired</strongs>me, and I <strongs number="1961">am</strongs>his <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'>And they <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto him, Ask <strongs number="7592">counsel</strongs>, we pray <strongs number="4994">thee</strongs>, of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>, that we may <strongs number="3045">know</strongs>whether our <strongs number="1870">way</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs><strongs number="587">we</strongs><strongs number="1980">go</strongs>shall be <strongs number="6743">prosperous</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>And the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto them, <strongs number="1980">Go</strongs>in <strongs number="7965">peace</strongs>: <strongs number="5227">before</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><em> is </em>your <strongs number="1870">way</strongs><strongs number="834">wherein</strongs>ye <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>Then the <strongs number="2568">five</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="1980">departed</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">came</strongs>to <strongs number="3919">Laish</strongs>, and <strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="7130">therein</strongs>, how they <strongs number="3427">dwelt</strongs><strongs number="983">careless</strongs>, after the <strongs number="4941">manner</strongs>of the <strongs number="6722">Zidonians</strongs>, <strongs number="8252">quiet</strongs>and <strongs number="982">secure</strongs>; and <em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="3423 6114">magistrate</strongs>in the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>, that might put <em> them </em>to <strongs number="3637">shame</strongs>in <em> any </em><strongs number="1697">thing</strongs>; and <strongs number="1992">they</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="7350">far</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 6722">Zidonians</strongs>, and had <strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="1697">business</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><em> any </em><strongs number="120">man</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>And they <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>their <strongs number="251">brethren</strongs>to <strongs number="6881">Zorah</strongs>and <strongs number="847">Eshtaol</strongs>: and their <strongs number="251">brethren</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto them, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs><em> say </em><strongs number="859">ye</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='9'>And they <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="6965">Arise</strongs>, that we may go <strongs number="5927">up</strongs><strongs number="5921">against</strongs>them: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>we have <strongs number="7200">seen</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>, and, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, it <em> is </em><strongs number="3966">very</strongs><strongs number="2896">good</strongs>: and <em> are </em><strongs number="859">ye</strongs><strongs number="2814">still</strongs>? be not <strongs number="6101 408">slothful</strongs>to <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>, <em> and </em>to <strongs number="935">enter</strongs>to <strongs number="3423">possess</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'>When ye <strongs number="935">go</strongs>, ye shall <strongs number="935">come</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>a <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="982">secure</strongs>, and to a <strongs number="7342">large</strongs><strongs number="776">land</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>hath <strongs number="5414">given</strongs>it into your <strongs number="3027">hands</strongs>; a <strongs number="4725">place</strongs><strongs number="834">where</strongs><em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="4270">want</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">any</strongs><strongs number="1697">thing</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> is </em>in the <strongs number="776">earth</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>And there <strongs number="5265">went</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 8033">thence</strongs>of the <strongs number="4480 4940">family</strongs>of the <strongs number="1839">Danites</strongs>, out of <strongs number="4480 6881">Zorah</strongs>and out of <strongs number="4480 847">Eshtaol</strongs>, <strongs number="8337">six</strongs><strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="2296">appointed</strongs>with <strongs number="3627">weapons</strongs>of <strongs number="4421">war</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>And they went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>, and <strongs number="2583">pitched</strongs>in <strongs number="7157">Kirjath</strongs>-jearim, in <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>: <strongs number="5921 3651">wherefore</strongs>they <strongs number="7121">called</strongs><strongs number="1931">that</strongs><strongs number="4725">place</strongs><strongs number="4265">Mahaneh</strongs>-dan <strongs number="5704">unto</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs>: <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <em> it </em><em> is </em><strongs number="310">behind</strongs><strongs number="7157">Kirjath</strongs>-jearim. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>And they <strongs number="5674">passed</strongs><strongs number="4480 8033">thence</strongs>unto <strongs number="2022">mount</strongs><strongs number="669">Ephraim</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="5704">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>Then <strongs number="6030">answered</strongs>the <strongs number="2568">five</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs>that <strongs number="1980">went</strongs>to spy <strongs number="7270">out</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">country</strongs>of <strongs number="3919">Laish</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>their <strongs number="251">brethren</strongs>, Do ye <strongs number="3045">know</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs>there <strongs number="3426">is</strongs>in <strongs number="428">these</strongs><strongs number="1004">houses</strongs>an <strongs number="646">ephod</strongs>, and <strongs number="8655">teraphim</strongs>, and a graven <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>, and a molten <strongs number="4541">image</strongs>? <strongs number="6258">now</strongs>therefore <strongs number="3045">consider</strongs><strongs number="4100">what</strongs>ye have to <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>And they <strongs number="5493">turned</strongs><strongs number="8033">thitherward</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of the young <strongs number="5288">man</strongs>the <strongs number="3881">Levite</strongs>, <em> even </em>unto the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>, and <strongs number="7592 7965">saluted</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>And the <strongs number="8337">six</strongs><strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="2296">appointed</strongs>with their <strongs number="3627">weapons</strongs>of <strongs number="4421">war</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs><em> were </em>of the <strongs number="4480 1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>, <strongs number="5324">stood</strongs>by the <strongs number="6607">entering</strongs>of the <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>And the <strongs number="2568">five</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs>that <strongs number="5927">went</strongs>to spy <strongs number="7270">out</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>, <em> and </em>came <strongs number="935">in</strongs><strongs number="8033">thither</strongs>, <em> and </em><strongs number="3947">took</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the graven <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>, and the <strongs number="646">ephod</strongs>, and the <strongs number="8655">teraphim</strongs>, and the molten <strongs number="4541">image</strongs>: and the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs><strongs number="5324">stood</strongs>in the <strongs number="6607">entering</strongs>of the <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>with the <strongs number="8337">six</strongs><strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs><em> that </em><em> were </em><strongs number="2296">appointed</strongs>with <strongs number="3627">weapons</strongs>of <strongs number="4421">war</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>And <strongs number="428">these</strongs><strongs number="935">went</strongs>into <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>, and <strongs number="3947">fetched</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the carved <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>, the <strongs number="646">ephod</strongs>, and the <strongs number="8655">teraphim</strongs>, and the molten <strongs number="4541">image</strongs>. Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs>the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>them, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs><strongs number="6213">do</strongs><strongs number="859">ye</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And they <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto him, Hold thy <strongs number="2790">peace</strongs>, <strongs number="7760">lay</strongs>thine <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>thy <strongs number="6310">mouth</strongs>, and <strongs number="1980">go</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>us, and <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>to us a <strongs number="1">father</strongs>and a <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>: <em> is </em><em> it </em><strongs number="2896">better</strongs>for thee to <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>a <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>unto the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="259">one</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>, <strongs number="176">or</strongs>that thou <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>a <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>unto a <strongs number="7626">tribe</strongs>and a <strongs number="4940">family</strongs>in <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='20'>And the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>'s <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>was <strongs number="3190">glad</strongs>, and he <strongs number="3947">took</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="646">ephod</strongs>, and the <strongs number="8655">teraphim</strongs>, and the graven <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">went</strongs>in the <strongs number="7130">midst</strongs>of the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>So they <strongs number="6437">turned</strongs>and <strongs number="1980">departed</strongs>, and <strongs number="7760">put</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the little <strongs number="2945">ones</strongs>and the <strongs number="4735">cattle</strongs>and the <strongs number="3520">carriage</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>them. </verse>
      <verse number='22'><em> And </em>when <strongs number="1992">they</strongs>were a good <strongs number="7368">way</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>, the <strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> were </em>in the <strongs number="1004">houses</strongs><strongs number="5973">near</strongs>to <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>were gathered <strongs number="2199">together</strongs>, and <strongs number="1692">overtook</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>And they <strongs number="7121">cried</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>. And they <strongs number="5437">turned</strongs>their <strongs number="6440">faces</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs>aileth thee, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs>thou comest with such a <strongs number="2199">company</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='24'>And he <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, Ye have taken <strongs number="3947">away</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="430">gods</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs>I <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>, and the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>, and ye are gone <strongs number="1980">away</strongs>: and <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>have I <strongs number="5750">more</strongs>? and <strongs number="4100">what</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="2088">this</strongs><em> that </em>ye <strongs number="559">say</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>me, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs>aileth thee? </verse>
      <verse number='25'>And the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>him, Let <strongs number="408">not</strongs>thy <strongs number="6963">voice</strongs>be <strongs number="8085">heard</strongs><strongs number="5973">among</strongs>us, <strongs number="6435">lest</strongs><strongs number="4751 5315">angry</strongs><strongs number="376">fellows</strongs><strongs number="6293">run</strongs>upon thee, and thou <strongs number="622">lose</strongs>thy <strongs number="5315">life</strongs>, with the <strongs number="5315">lives</strongs>of thy <strongs number="1004">household</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>And the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs><strongs number="1980">went</strongs>their <strongs number="1870">way</strongs>: and when <strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs><strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs><strongs number="1992">they</strongs><em> were </em>too <strongs number="2389">strong</strongs><strongs number="4480">for</strongs>him, he <strongs number="6437">turned</strongs>and went <strongs number="7725">back</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>his <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'>And <strongs number="1992">they</strongs><strongs number="3947">took</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><em> the </em><em> things </em><strongs number="834">which</strongs><strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>had <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>, and the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs>he <strongs number="1961">had</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="5921">unto</strongs><strongs number="3919">Laish</strongs>, <strongs number="5921">unto</strongs>a <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><em> that </em><em> were </em>at <strongs number="8252">quiet</strongs>and <strongs number="982">secure</strongs>: and they <strongs number="5221">smote</strongs>them with the <strongs number="6310">edge</strongs>of the <strongs number="2719">sword</strongs>, and <strongs number="8313">burnt</strongs>the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>with <strongs number="784">fire</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='28'>And <em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="5337">deliverer</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">because</strongs><strongs number="1931">it</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="7350">far</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 6721">Zidon</strongs>, and they had <strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="1697">business</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><em> any </em><strongs number="120">man</strongs>; and <strongs number="1931">it</strongs>was in the <strongs number="6010">valley</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> lieth </em>by <strongs number="1050">Beth</strongs>-rehob. And they <strongs number="1129">built</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>a <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, and <strongs number="3427">dwelt</strongs>therein. </verse>
      <verse number='29'>And they <strongs number="7121">called</strongs>the <strongs number="8034">name</strongs>of the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs><strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>, after the <strongs number="8034">name</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>their <strongs number="1">father</strongs>, <strongs number="834">who</strongs>was <strongs number="3205">born</strongs>unto <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>: <strongs number="199">howbeit</strongs>the <strongs number="8034">name</strongs>of the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="3919">Laish</strongs>at the <strongs number="7223">first</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='30'>And the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="1835">Dan</strongs>set <strongs number="6965">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the graven <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>: and <strongs number="3083">Jonathan</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="1648">Gershom</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="4519">Manasseh</strongs>, <strongs number="1931">he</strongs>and his <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs><strongs number="1961">were</strongs><strongs number="3548">priests</strongs>to the <strongs number="7626">tribe</strongs>of <strongs number="1839">Dan</strongs><strongs number="5704">until</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">day</strongs>of the <strongs number="1540">captivity</strongs>of the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='31'>And they set them <strongs number="7760">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="4318">Micah</strongs>'s graven <strongs number="6459">image</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>he <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>, <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">time</strongs>that the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs><strongs number="1961">was</strongs>in <strongs number="7887">Shiloh</strongs>. </verse>
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