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14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish[a] said to their kinsmen,[b] “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.” 15 They stopped[c] there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah),[d] and asked him how he was doing.[e] 16 Meanwhile the 600 Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:14 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”
  2. Judges 18:14 tn Heb “brothers.”
  3. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “turned aside.”
  4. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
  5. Judges 18:15 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
  6. Judges 18:16 tn Heb “And the 600 men, equipped with the weapons of war…from the sons of Dan.”