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13 From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house. 14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish[a] said to their kinsmen,[b] “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.” 15 They stopped[c] there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah),[d] and asked him how he was doing.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:14 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”
  2. Judges 18:14 tn Heb “brothers.”
  3. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “turned aside.”
  4. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
  5. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

13 From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.(A)

14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(B) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(C) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(D) Now you know what to do.” 15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him.

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