The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
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2The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
3As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
6In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
7Micah Hires a Professional There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
25The Danites said to him,“Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die.”
26The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
27Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
28No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.
29They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.
30The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.
31They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
24Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.
25In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
47(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it Dan after their ancestor.)
48This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.
1Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
21They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
22After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
23When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah,“Why have you gathered together?”
10When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you– a place that lacks nothing on earth!”
11So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
12They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah.(To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)
38From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.
39Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
33The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.
34The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain.
40Dan’s Tribal Lands The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.
41Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
4For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.
7So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
14The 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.”
15They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house(which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
16Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.
17The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.
16Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
47There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.
3They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
1The Tribal Portions“These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo Hamath, as far as Hazar-enan(which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.
5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
17All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.
22Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan.These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.
3For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.
16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David– no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So all Israel returned to their homes.
25The LORD’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
17Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan– why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors.
2There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
27The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
42Dan These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.