Judges 18:16

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Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.

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  • Judg 18:11 : 11 So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

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    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.

    18When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them,“What are you doing?”

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    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.)

    13From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.

    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.

  • Judg 18:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1The 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.

    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?”

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    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?”

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    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.

  • 35From Dan there were 28,600 men prepared for battle.

  • Num 1:38-39
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 31All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.”

  • 24From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

  • 2Next, I noticed six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

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    14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

    15That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

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    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.

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    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.

  • 17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • 18he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

  • 6Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.

  • 16Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.

  • 32On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

  • 25The Tribes on the North“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

  • 8God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.

  • 18and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.

  • 37From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

  • 23They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary(that is, the tabernacle).

  • 40Dan’s Tribal Lands The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.