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Now you know what to do.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/judges/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish explained to the others, “These buildings contain a sacred ephod, as well as some household idols, a carved image, and a cast idol. What do you think you should do?” <a href="/esv/judges/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.” <a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.” <a href="/kjv/judges/18.htm">King James Bible</a> Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. <a href="/nkjv/judges/18.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brethren, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a molded image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.” <a href="/nasb_/judges/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols, and a carved image and a cast metal image? Now then, consider what you should do.” <a href="/nasb/judges/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, &#8220Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/judges/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.” <a href="/lsb/judges/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their relatives, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? So now, know what you should do.” <a href="/amp/judges/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the five men who had gone to scout the country of Laish said to their relatives, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, teraphim, an image [of silver-plated wood], and a cast image [of solid silver]? Now therefore, consider what you should do.” <a href="/csb/judges/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, “Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image and a silver idol in these houses? Now think about what you should do.” <a href="/hcsb/judges/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, &#8220Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image overlaid with silver in these houses? Now think about what you should do.&#8221 <a href="/asv/judges/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. <a href="/cev/judges/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> the five men who had been spies asked the other warriors, "Did you know that someone in this village has several idols and a sacred priestly vest? What do you think we should do about it?" <a href="/erv/judges/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. <a href="/gwt/judges/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy throughout the land around Laish spoke up. They said to the other men of Dan, "Do you know that there's an ephod, a carved idol, a metal idol, and household idols in these houses? What do you think we should do?" <a href="/gnt/judges/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy on the country around Laish said to their companions, "Did you know that here in one of these houses there is a wooden idol covered with silver? There are also other idols and an ephod. What do you think we should do?" <a href="/isv/judges/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then the five men who had gone to scout out the territory of Laish told their relatives, "Are you aware that in these houses there's an ephod, some household idols, a carved image, and a cast image? You know what you need to do." <a href="/msb/judges/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, ?Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.? <a href="/net/judges/18.htm">NET Bible</a> The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, "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." <a href="/nheb/judges/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do." <a href="/wbt/judges/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then answered the five men that went to explore the country of Laish, and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. <a href="/web/judges/18.htm">World English Bible</a> Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say to their brothers, “Have you known that in these houses there is an ephod, and teraphim, and carved image, and molten image? And now, know what you do.” <a href="/ylt/judges/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, 'Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.' <a href="/slt/judges/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the five men going to search the land of Laish will answer and say to their brethren, Knew ye that there is in these houses an ephod, and a teraphim, and a carved thing, and a molten? and now know ye what ye will do.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The five men, that before had been sent to view the land of Lais, said to the rest of their brethren: You know that in these houses there is an ephod, and theraphim, and a graven, and a molten god: see what you are pleased to do. <a href="/cpdv/judges/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> the five men, who before had been sent to consider the land of Laish, said to the rest of their brothers: “You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a molten idol and a graven image. Consider what it may please you to do.” <a href="/nabre/judges/18.htm">New American Bible</a> Then the five men who had gone to reconnoiter the land spoke up and said to their kindred, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, teraphim, and an idol overlaid with silver? Now decide what you must do!” <a href="/nrsvce/judges/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land (that is, Laish) said to their comrades, “Do you know that in these buildings there are an ephod, teraphim, and an idol of cast metal? Now therefore consider what you will do.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then answered the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish, and said to their brethren, Do you know that there is on these hills an ephod and teraphim and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore you must consider what you have to do. <a href="/hpbt/judges/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the five men who went to spy the land of Lish answered, and they said to their brothers: “Do you know that there is in these hills an ephod and a breastplate and a carved image and a smelted one? And now do you know what you are doing?”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren: 'Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.' <a href="/sep/judges/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do. <a href="/parallel/judges/18-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5379" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/18.htm">The Danites Take Micah's Idols</a> 14<a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘ă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To answer, respond."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥă·mê·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">Then the five</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ha·hō·lə·ḵîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">who had gone</a> <a href="/hebrew/7270.htm" title="7270: lə·rag·gêl (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer; also to lead about.">to spy out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3919.htm" title="3919: la·yiš (N-proper-fs) -- Laish -- lion, a city and region in northern Canaan. The same as layish; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine.">of Laish</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ă·ḥê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">their brothers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: hay·ḏa‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">“Did you know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">one of these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·bāt·tîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">houses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: yêš (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">has</a> <a href="/hebrew/646.htm" title="646: ’ê·p̄ō·wḏ (N-ms) -- Rarely oephod; probably of foreign derivation; a girdle; specifically the ephod or high-priest's shoulder- piece; also generally, an image.">an ephod,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8655.htm" title="8655: ū·ṯə·rā·p̄îm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- (a kind of idol) perhaps household idol. Plural from rapha'; a healer; Teraphim a family idol.">household gods,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: ū·p̄e·sel (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">a graven image,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4541.htm" title="4541: ū·mas·sê·ḵāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From nacak; properly, a pouring over, i.e. Fusion of metal; by implication, a libation, i.e. League; concretely a coverlet.">and a molten idol?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: də·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">think about</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you should do.”</a> 15So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-11</a> If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. ... <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Joshua 17:16-18</a> “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.” / So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment, / because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.” <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/2_kings/17-9.htm">2 Kings 17:9-12</a> The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. / They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-17</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5-7</a> Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. / He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah. <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4-6</a> They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. / He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria. <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a> Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!” <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a> So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.then<a href="/1_samuel/14-28.htm">1 Samuel 14:28</a> Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.in these<a href="/judges/18-3.htm">Judges 18:3,4</a> When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? … <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Judges 17:5</a> And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.now therefore<a href="/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27</a> Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.<a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19,20</a> And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/judges/18-13.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Ephod</a> <a href="/judges/18-2.htm">Explore</a> <a href="/judges/18-3.htm">Household</a> <a href="/joshua/22-14.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Image</a> <a href="/judges/9-41.htm">Kinsmen</a> <a href="/judges/18-7.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/judges/18-2.htm">Spy</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Teraphim</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/judges/19-1.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Ephod</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Explore</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Household</a> <a href="/judges/18-22.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Image</a> <a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Kinsmen</a> <a href="/judges/18-27.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Spy</a> <a href="/judges/18-17.htm">Teraphim</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 18</div>1. <a href="/judges/18-1.htm">The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance</a> 3. <a href="/judges/18-3.htm">At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged</a> 7. <a href="/judges/18-7.htm">They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope</a> 11. <a href="/judges/18-11.htm">Six hundred men are sent to surprise it</a> 16. <a href="/judges/18-16.htm">In their way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things</a> 27. <a href="/judges/18-27.htm">They win Laish, and call it Dan</a> 30. <a href="/judges/18-30.htm">They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherits the priesthood.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish The five men were part of the tribe of Dan, seeking a new territory because their allotted inheritance was insufficient. Laish, later known as Dan, was a peaceful and isolated city, making it an easy target. This reflects the period of the Judges, characterized by tribal disunity and moral decline (<a href="/judges/17-6.htm">Judges 17:6</a>).said to their brothers The "brothers" refers to fellow Danites. This highlights the tribal kinship and collective decision-making typical of Israelite society. The Danites were seeking to expand their territory, which was a common practice among tribes during this era of settlement.“Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? The ephod was a priestly garment, often associated with divination. Household gods, or teraphim, were small idols used for domestic worship, indicating syncretism in Israelite religion. The graven image and molten idol suggest idolatry, directly violating the commandments against idol worship (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4-5</a>). This reflects the spiritual decline and religious confusion prevalent during the time of the Judges.Now think about what you should do.” This phrase implies a call to action, suggesting the Danites consider exploiting the religious artifacts for their benefit. It underscores the pragmatic and opportunistic approach of the tribe, prioritizing material gain over spiritual fidelity. This moment foreshadows the eventual establishment of a rival religious center in Dan, which would later become a center of idolatry in Israel (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_five_spies.htm">The Five Spies</a> These were men from the tribe of Dan who were sent to scout the land of Laish. They discovered the religious artifacts in the house of Micah. 2. <a href="/topical/l/laish.htm">Laish</a> A city in the northern part of Israel, which was later conquered by the tribe of Dan and renamed Dan. 3. <a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a> An Ephraimite who had set up a shrine with an ephod, household gods, and idols, which the Danites later took. 4. <a href="/topical/e/ephod.htm">Ephod</a> A priestly garment, often associated with divination and worship, which was part of the religious artifacts found by the spies. 5. <a href="/topical/h/household_gods_and_idols.htm">Household Gods and Idols</a> These were objects of worship that were contrary to the worship of Yahweh, indicating syncretism and idolatry among the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_syncretism.htm">The Danger of Syncretism</a> Mixing true worship with idolatry leads to spiritual compromise and disobedience to God’s commandments. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a> The actions of the five spies influenced the entire tribe of Dan, demonstrating the impact of leadership on community behavior. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Obedience to God’s commands is crucial, as disobedience leads to spiritual and moral decay. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to separation from God and invites His judgment, as seen throughout Israel’s history. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_decision-making.htm">Discernment in Decision-Making</a> The spies’ decision to take the idols reflects a lack of discernment and understanding of God’s will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 18</a> <a href="/q/how_does_laish's_swift_conquest_align_biblically.htm">How does the swift, seemingly unopposed conquest of Laish in Judges 18:27-29 align with other biblical accounts or historical records of territorial conflicts?</a> <a href="/q/is_laish's_isolation_in_judges_18_7_accurate.htm">Does archaeological evidence confirm a city like Laish (Judges 18:7) existing so isolated and unfortified, or does the narrative conflict with external data?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_micah's_mom_shift_from_curse_to_idol.htm">In Judges 17:1-4, how does Micah's mother shift from cursing the stolen silver to dedicating it for an idol, and what does this imply about her religious consistency?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_micah_justify_his_shrine.htm">Why does Micah in Judges 17:5-6 feel justified in creating his own household shrine, despite the earlier commands against idol worship?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Answered.--Equivalent to they said, as in <a href="/job/3-2.htm" title="And Job spoke, and said,">Job 3:2</a>, <a href="/zechariah/1-10.htm" title="And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.">Zechariah 1:10</a>.Consider what ye have to do--i.e., whether, and how, you would possess yourselves of them. We notice in these Danite freebooters the same strange mixture of superstition and lawlessness, robbery, and devotion which has often been observed in Greek and Italian brigands.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - In these houses, showing that Beth-Micah, the house of Micah, was in fact a small village (see ver. 22). <a href="/commentaries/judges/18-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the five חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת (ḥă·mê·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five men הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> Man, mankind who had gone הַהֹלְכִים֮ (ha·hō·lə·ḵîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk to spy out לְרַגֵּל֮ (lə·rag·gêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7270.htm">Strong's 7270: </a> To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about the land הָאָ֣רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Laish לַיִשׁ֒ (la·yiš) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3919.htm">Strong's 3919: </a> Laish -- 'lion', a city and region in northern Canaan said וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to their brothers, אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם (’ă·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> A brother, ) “Did you know הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם (hay·ḏa‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction one of these הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those houses בַּבָּתִּ֤ים (bab·bāt·tîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house has יֵ֣שׁ (yêš) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> Being, substance, existence, is an ephod, אֵפ֣וֹד (’ê·p̄ō·wḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_646.htm">Strong's 646: </a> A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an image household gods, וּתְרָפִ֔ים (ū·ṯə·rā·p̄îm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8655.htm">Strong's 8655: </a> (a kind of idol) perhaps household idol a graven image, וּפֶ֖סֶל (ū·p̄e·sel) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> An idol, image and a molten idol? וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה (ū·mas·sê·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4541.htm">Strong's 4541: </a> A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet Now וְעַתָּ֖ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time think about דְּע֥וּ (də·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know what מַֽה־ (mah-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what you should do.? תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (ta·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/18-14.htm">Judges 18:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">OT History: Judges 18:14 Then the five men who went (Jd Judg. 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