Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men, of their stock and family, from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there: men. Judges 18:8,11 And they returned to their brethren in Saraa and Esthaol, who asked them what they had done: to whom they answered: . . . Judges 13:2,25 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren. . . . Judges 16:31 And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol, in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years. Genesis 42:9 And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land. Joshua 19:41 And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun, to spy Numbers 13:17 And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains, Joshua 2:1 And Joshua, the son of Nun, sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land, and the city of Jericho. They went, and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged with her. Proverbs 20:18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. Luke 14:31 Or, what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? mount Judges 17:1 There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Michas. Judges 19:1,18 There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda: . . . Joshua 17:15-18 And Joshua said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee. . . . Context The Danites Settle in Laish1In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes. 2So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men, of their stock and family, from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there:3And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought thee hither? what dost thou here? why wouldst thou come hither?… Cross References Joshua 15:33 But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena, Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan, between Saraa and Esthaol. Judges 17:1 There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Michas. Judges 18:3 And knowing the voice of the young man the Levite, and lodging with him, they said to him: Who brought thee hither? what dost thou here? why wouldst thou come hither? Lexicon So the Danitesבְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son sent out וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out five חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה (ḥă·miš·šāh) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five men אֲנָשִׁ֣ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person from their clans, מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם (mim·miš·paḥ·tām) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people valiant warriors בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son from Zorah מִצָּרְעָ֣ה (miṣ·ṣā·rə·‘āh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6881: Zorah -- a city exchanged by Judah and Dan and Eshtaol, וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל (ū·mê·’eš·tā·’ōl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 847: Eshtaol -- to found, establish to spy out לְרַגֵּ֤ל (lə·rag·gêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about the land הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land and explore it. וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ (ū·lə·ḥā·qə·rāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately “Go לְכ֖וּ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk and explore חִקְר֣וּ (ḥiq·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately the land,” הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land they told them. וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say [The men] entered וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go the hill country הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory and came to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of Micah, מִיכָ֔ה (mî·ḵāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4318: Micah -- the name of several Israelites where they spent the night. וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (way·yā·lî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate Additional Translations So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, valiant warriors from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there, And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, 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 land: and they came to the hill country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their borders, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to explore the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land!" They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, 'Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there. 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