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Judges 18:2

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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

And the children {H1121} of Dan {H1835} sent {H7971} of their family {H4940} five {H2568} men {H582} from their coasts {H7098}, men {H1121} of valour {H2428}, from Zorah {H6881}, and from Eshtaol {H847}, to spy {H7270} out the land {H776}, and to search {H2713} it; and they said {H559} unto them, Go {H3212}, search {H2713} the land {H776}: who when they came {H935} to mount {H2022} Ephraim {H669}, to the house {H1004} of Micah {H4318}, they lodged {H3885} there.

The people of Dan sent five leading men from Tzor'ah and Eshta'ol, representing their whole tribe, to spy out and explore the land. They instructed them, "Go, and explore the land." They came to the hills of Efrayim, to the house of Mikhah, and stayed there.

So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

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Cross-References

  • Judges 13:25 (5 votes)

    And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • Joshua 2:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

  • Numbers 13:17 (3 votes)

    And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this [way] southward, and go up into the mountain:

  • Judges 18:11 (3 votes)

    And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

  • Judges 18:8 (3 votes)

    And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What [say] ye?

  • Joshua 17:15 (2 votes)

    And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

  • Joshua 17:18 (2 votes)

    But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.