Judges 18:2-7 ▼

2 So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men out of their whole number, valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, “Go, explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed overnight there.

3 When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?”

4 He said to them, “Micah has done this and that for me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest.”

5 Then they said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether our way on which we are going will be successful.”

6 And the priest said to them, “Go in peace; your way in which you are going has the LORD’S approval.”

7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.