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Verse Judges 18:3. _THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN_] They knew,
by his dialect or mode of _pronunciation_, that he was not an
Ephraimite. We have already seen (Judges 12:6) that the Ephraimites...
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It does not follow that they had known him before, and recognized his
voice, though it may be so. But the Hebrew equally bears the sense
that they heard the voice of the Levite; and, attracted by it,...
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CHAPTER 18 THE DANITE IDOLATRY
_ 1. The Danites seek an inheritance (Judges 18:1)_
2. Their robbery (Judges 18:13)
3. Laish taken and idolatry consummated (Judges 18:27)
The history of this chapter
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JUDGES 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It
explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the _naî veté_
of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a
f...
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THE DANITE SCOUTS AT THE HOUSE OF MICAH. This chapter is of great
value as an illustration of the mode in which an Israelitish tribe
found a settlement in the country. We are taken back almost to the...
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THE YOUNG MAN. Compare Judges 17:7.
MAKEST. doest....
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_When they were by the house of Micah_ repeats what has just been said
in Judges 18:2; this verse must belong to the narrative of _the young
man the Levite_Judges 17:7; Judges 17:11 b,...
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_Micah and the Danites Judges 18:1-31_
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe
of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that
day all their inherit...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN SENT OF THEIR FAMILY FIVE MEN FROM THEIR
COASTS, MEN OF VALOUR, FROM ZORAH, AND FROM ESHTAOL, TO SPY OUT THE
LAND, AND TO SEARCH IT; AND THEY SAID UNTO THEM, GO, SEARCH THE LA...
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THEY KNEW] They recognised him as a Levite from the prayers he was
saying.
MAKEST] RV 'doest.'...
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THE DANITES GO IN QUEST OF AN INHERITANCE. THEY ROB MICAH OF HIS
IMAGES, CAPTURE AND SETTLE IN LAISH, AND SET UP IDOL-WORSHIP THERE
1-10. The Danite Spies....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 18
V1 At that time, *Israel’s people had no king. Dan’s *tribe were
looking for a place where they might live. They had not yet received
any area th...
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BY THE HOUSE OF MICAH. — Literally, _with_ — _i.e.,_ lodging in
it, as in Genesis 27:43.
They knew the voice of the young man the Levite. — Again the
narrative is too much compressed to enable us to f...
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הֵ֚מָּה עִם ־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וְ
הֵ֣מָּה הִכִּ֔
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THE STOLEN GODS
Judges 17:1, Judges 18:1
THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth
chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with
that which has gone b...
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The account of the backsliding of individuals is followed by an
illustration of its widespread existence among the people. While
seeking new territory the Danites found Micah and the condition of
thin...
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At the last census, Dan had numbered 64,400 males of 20 years old
upward and the land alotted to them would have been sufficient had the
Amorites not forced them into the mountains (see Numbers 26:42-...
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When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the (c) voice of the
young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,
Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place...
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It appears that this Levite was known to the Danites. But what a sad
and disgraceful wretch, and how lost to shame, to acknowledge himself
the hireling of an idolater, and the priest of an idol....
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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WHEN THEY WERE BY THE HOUSE OF MICAH,.... At their inn, which might be
next to it, or as they were passing by it:
THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN THE LEVITE; who had been in their
country, and t...
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When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the
young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him,
Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? a...
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_They lodged there_ Not in the same house, but near it. _They knew the
voice of the young man_ Having been acquainted with him before he came
to live with Micah. _Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God_ By...
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1 The Danites send fiue men to seeke out an inheritance.
3 At the house of Micah they consult with Ionathan, and are incouraged
in their way.
7 They search Laish, and bring backe newes of good hope....
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When they were by the house of Micah, probably on the next morning,
when they passed the apartments of the family, THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF
THE YOUNG MAN, THE LEVITE, they recognized the dialect of his...
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THE DANITES SEEK A NEW LOCATION...
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SPIES SENT FROM DAN TO SEEK PROPERTY
(vv. 1-10)
At that time, though the tribe of Dan had been allotted territory west
of Benjamin, bordering the Mediterranean Sea (Joshua 19:40), yet this
was large...
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THEY KNEW THE VOICE OF THE YOUNG MAN; either,
1. By his manner of pronunciation, which was differing and
distinguishable in several tribes, as appears from JUDGES 12:6 MARK
14:70. Or,
2. By the celeb...
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‘ When they were by the house of Micah, they knew 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...
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CONTENTS: The Danite invasion. Civil and religious confusion.
CHARACTERS: Micah, Jonathan, priests.
CONCLUSION: Many seek to justify themselves in their idolatrous
impiety by the prosperity that see...
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Judges 18:1. _Inheritance had not fallen to them._ Dan had the seventh
lot, but not enough for all his families.
Judges 18:5. _Ask counsel of God._ Here was another total breach, both
with God's sanct...
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_The Danites sought them an inheritance _. .. _ They set them up
Micah’s graven image._
THE IMAGE-WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRY
I. The straits to which unbelief reduces the strong (Judges 1...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 18:2 ZORAH... ESHTAOL. These towns were in the
Judean lowlands approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Jerusalem.
⇐...
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THE IMAGE WORSHIP EXPANDING INTO TRIBAL IDOLATRY
_HOMILETICS_
I. THE STRAITS TO WHICH UNBELIEF REDUCES THE STRONG. Judges 18:1.
“The tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in.” Not
that th...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 18:1
IN THOSE DAYS, etc. See Judges 17:6. THE TRIBE OF THE DANITES SOUGHT
THEM AN INHERITANCE, etc. This does not mean that the whole tribe of
Dan were still seeking their inheritan...
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Now that is setting the stage for the rest of this story. You got now
this Levite, young kid from Bethlehem as a professional religious
priest, personal priest of Micah in his house.
Now, in those da...
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Genesis 27:22; Isaiah 22:16; Judges 12:6; Matthew 26:73...
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Knew — By the acquaintance which some of them formerly had with him....