Judges 18:9,10

.The reply of the spies is overcharged, and the sentences out of logical order, probably owing to the combination of the two narratives. Moore thus separates the two: (a) Arise, and let us go up against them: for when ye come, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large, for it is a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth; (b) And they said, We have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land; God hath given it into your hand. A different arrangement is proposed by Budde, who further points out that we should expect the spies to mention the name of the place which they discovered and urged their clan to seize; accordingly he reads to Laishfor against themin (a), and supplies the omission in (b). He distinguishes the sources as follows: (a) And they said, Arise and let us go up[to Laish; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth; (b) And they said, [Why are ye still? be not slothful to go[to Laish to possess the land, for[Jehovah hath given it into your hand. When ye come, ye shall come … is large. Of the two, Budde's arrangement seems preferable; but it is impossible to reconstruct the sources with any certainty.

and are ye still? Cf. 1 Kings 22:3. Budde's correction, whyfor and, is an improvement.