²⁹ One he set up in Bethel,^(A) and the other in Dan.^(B)

¹⁹ He called that place Bethel,^[a](A) though the city used to be called Luz.^(B)

²⁹ However, he did not turn away from the sins^(A) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves^(B) at Bethel^(C) and Dan.

The Israelites Punish the Benjamites

20 Then all Israel^(A) from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and from the land of Gilead came together as one^(C) and assembled^(D) before the Lord in Mizpah.^(E)

²⁷ Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.^(A) They attacked them with the sword and burned^(B) down their city.^{(C) 28} There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon^(D) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.^(E)

The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. ²⁹ They named it Dan^(F) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.^{(G) 30} There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,^(H) the son of Moses,^[a] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. ³¹ They continued to use the idol Micah had made,^(I) all the time the house of God^(J) was in Shiloh.^(K)

The Death of Moses

34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo^(A) from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah,^(B) across from Jericho.^(C) There the Lord showed^(D) him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,^(E)