The priest told them, “Go in peace. The Lord is watching over the journey you are going on.”

The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking[a] in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.[b]

When the men went back to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol,(A) their relatives asked them, “What did you find out?”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:7 Hb obscure
  2. 18:7 MT; some LXX mss, Sym, Old Lat, Syr read Aram

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