"And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war."
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The five went back to Micah’s chapel (Micah’s house, Judges 18:18)
and took the ephod, teraphim, etc., and brought them to the gate where
the priest was talking to the 600 men....
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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 repetition of identical phrases leads us to suspect that the text
has been encumbered by glosses. To some extent, also, the confusion
may be due to the double narrative; note _the young Levite_in...
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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 THEY WENT UP, AND PITCHED IN KIRJATH-JE'ARIM, IN JUDAH: WHEREFORE
THEY CALLED THAT PLACE MAHANEHDAN UNTO THIS DAY: BEHOLD, IT IS BEHIND
KIRJATH-JE'ARIM._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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(15-18) In these verses we have a graphic description of the whole
nefarious proceeding. The five spies, knowing Jonathan, salute him,
and inveigle him to the entrance of the court to talk to their si...
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וַֽ יַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים
הַ הֹלְכִים֮ לְ רַגֵּ֣ל אֶת ־הָ אָרֶץ֒
בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה...
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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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Encouraged by the report of the spies, 600 men of Dan set off with
weapons to attack the city. When they came to mount Ephraim, the spies
told them about the house of God with the image and priest. Th...
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And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in
thither, [and] took the (g) graven image, and the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the enter...
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_They. Hebrew and Septuagint, "and the five men that went to spy out
the land." (Haydock) --- Off. The Levite's attention was drawn off for
a while by the 600 men, till the five, who had formerly beco...
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What a banditti was Israel become? Had they had zeal for God's honor,
and destroyed those molten images, oh! what a noble spirit would this
have been?...
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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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AND THE FIVE MEN THAT WENT OUT TO SPY THE LAND WENT UP AND CAME
THITHER,.... They first came to Micah's house, and saluted the young
man, and after that salutation told him there was such a number of...
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And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in
thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim,
and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering...
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_The five men came in thither_ Into the house and that part of it
where the things were. _The priest stood in the gate_ Whither they had
drawn him forth, that they might without noise or hinderance ta...
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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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THE PRIEST OF MICAH TAKEN TO LAISH...
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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 larg...
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COME IN THITHER, to wit, into the house, and that part of it where
those things were. IN THE ENTERING OF THE GATE; whither they had drawn
him forth that they might without noise or hinderance take the...
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Judges 18:17 five H2568 men H582 gone H1980 (H8802) out H7270 (H8763)
land H776 up H5927 (H8799) Entering H935 (H8804) took H3947 (H8804)
image H6459 ephod H646 idols H8655 image H4541 priest H3548 st...
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‘ And the five men who went out to spy the land went up and came in
there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and
the molten image, and the priest stood in the entering of the...
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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 sanc...
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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 18:14 EPHOD, HOUSEHOLD GODS, A CARVED IMAGE,
AND A METAL IMAGE (v. Judges 18:14). Rather than condemning Micah’s
collection of pagan religious objects (see Judges 17:3), the Dani...
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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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1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 6:2; 2 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 19:19; Exodus
32:20; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 46:2; Isaiah 46:7; Judges 17:4; Judges
17:5;...
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Thither — Into the house, and that part of it, where those things
were. The gate — Whither they had drawn him forth, that they might
without noise or hindrance take them away....