1那時以色列沒有王。但支派的人正在尋找可以居住的地方，因為他們在以色列各支派中還沒有得到屬於自己的土地。2但支派的人從瑣拉和以實陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那個地方。他們吩咐說：「你們去察看那個地方。」他們到了以法蓮山區，在米迦家裡借宿。3他們聽出那利未青年的口音，就問他：「誰帶你來這裡的？你在這裡做什麽？你為什麼在這裡？」4那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告訴了他們。5他們說：「請你求問上帝，看看我們是否一路順利。」6祭司說：「你們安心去吧，耶和華會一路眷顧你們。」7五人啟程來到拉億，發現當地人像西頓人一樣無憂無慮，生活安寧，毫無防範，繁榮富足。他們離西頓很遠，與外界沒有來往。8五人回到瑣拉和以實陶後，族人問他們：「你們有什麼發現嗎？」9他們回答說：「我們前去攻取那地方吧！我們已經打探清楚了，那地方非常好。你們還等什麼？要趕快去佔領那地方。10你們到了那裡，會看見當地的居民毫無防範，那裡地大物博，一無所缺。上帝已經把那地方賜給我們了。」11但支派便從瑣拉和以實陶派出六百個全副武裝的人。12他們來到猶大 基列·耶琳的西邊安營。因此，那地方至今仍叫瑪哈尼·但*。13然後，他們去以法蓮山區，來到米迦的家。14偵察過拉億的五個人對其餘的人說：「你們知道嗎？這家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一個雕刻的偶像和一個金屬鑄像。想一想我們該怎麼辦。」15那五個人就進入米迦的家裡，到年輕的利未人房間向他問安，16隨行的六百人帶著兵器留在門口。17當時祭司也和那六百個全副武裝的人站在門口。那五個人進去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像。18祭司見那五人進入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金屬鑄像，就問他們：「你們在做什麽？」19他們說：「安靜，別作聲，跟我們來做我們的師父和祭司吧。做以色列一個支派、一個宗族的祭司難道不比做一家人的祭司更好嗎？」20祭司聽了非常高興，就帶著以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟隨了他們。21他們轉身離去，兒女、牲畜和財物在隊伍的前面。22他們離開米迦的家一段路後，米迦召集鄰居趕了上來，23向他們大喊。但支派的人轉身問米迦：「你們召集這麼多人來做什麽？」24米迦說：「你們帶走了我的神像和祭司，把我洗劫一空，還問我想做什麽！」25但支派的人說：「別再多說了，不然我們當中性情暴躁的人會攻擊你們，使你全家喪命。」26但支派的人繼續趕路。米迦見對方人多勢眾，就回家去了。27但支派的人帶著米迦的神像和他的祭司來到拉億，那裡的人生活安寧，毫無防範。他們殺掉當地的居民，放火燒了城。28拉億離西頓很遠，當地的居民與外界沒有來往，以致孤立無援。這城位於伯·利合附近的山谷中，但支派的人重建該城，住在那裡。29這座城原來叫拉億，他們用祖先以色列的兒子但的名字為該城重新命名。30但支派的人把神像豎立起來，又指派摩西的孫子、革舜的兒子約拿單及其子孫做但支派的祭司，直到該城的人被敵人擄走為止。31上帝的會幕設立在示羅期間，米迦的神像一直豎立在但。
English Standard Version
Danites Take the Levite and the Idol
1In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.2So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.3When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”4And he said to them, “This is how Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”5And they said to him, “Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”6And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.”7Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking* nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.8And when they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, “What do you report?”9They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.10As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”11So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol,12and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan* to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim.13And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.”15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.16Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.17And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.18And when these went into Micah’s house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”19And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”20And the priest’s heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.21So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.22When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.23And they shouted to the people of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you, that you come with such a company?”24And he said, “You take my gods that I made and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”25And the people of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.”26Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.27But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.28And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it.29And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.30And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses,* and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.31So they set up Micah’s carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
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