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4 He said to them, “Thus and so Micah did for me. He has ahired me, and I have become his priest.”  
5 So they said to him, “Please ainquire of bGod, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous.”  
6 And the priest said to them, a“Go in peace. The presence of the Lord be with you on your way.”  
7 So the five men departed and went to aLaish. They saw the people who were there, bhow they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the cSidonians, and they had no ties with anyone.  
8 Then the spies came back to their brethren at aZorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?”  
9 So they said, a“Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you bdo nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land.  
10 When you go, you will come to a asecure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, ba place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”  
11 And six hundred men of the family of the Danites went from there, from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
12 Then they went up and encamped in aKirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place bMahaneh Dan to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.)  
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Judges

JUDGES is the title given to the next book, from its containing the history of those non-regal rulers who governed the Hebrews from the time of Joshua to that of Eli, and whose functions in time of peace consisted chiefly in the administration of justice, although they occasionally led the people in their wars against their public enemies. The date and authorship of this book are not precisely known. It is certain, however, that it preceded the Second Book of Samuel (compare Judges 9:35 with II Samuel 11:21), as well as the conquest of Jerusalem by David (compare Judges 1:21 with II Samuel 5:6). Its author was in all probability Samuel, the last of the judges (see Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25), and the date of the first part of it is fixed in the reign of Saul, while the five chapters at the close might not have been written till after David's establishment as king in Israel (see Judges 18:31). It is a fragmentary history, being a collection of important facts and signal deliverances at different times and in various parts of the land, during the intermediate period of three hundred years between Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy. The inspired character of this book is confirmed by allusions to it in many passages of Scripture (compare Judges 4:2; Judges 6:14 with I Samuel 12:9-12; Judges 9:53 with II Samuel 11:21; Judges 7:25 with Psalms 83:11; compare Judges 5:4-5 with Psalms 7:5; Judges 13:5; Judges 16:17 with Matthew 2:13-23; Acts 13:20; Hebrews 11:32).

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