Judges 18:5

Then they begged him to consult the Lord, so that they might be able to know whether the journey they undertook would be prosperous, and whether the matter would have success.

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In The King James Version

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

In Context

4And he answered them, “Micah has offered me one thing and another, and he has paid me wages, so that I may be his priest.”

6And he responded to them, “Go in peace. The Lord looks with favor on your path, and on the journey that you have undertaken.”

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Cross References

Judges 17:13saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”

1 Samuel 9:9(In past times, in Israel, anyone going to consult God would speak in this way, “Come, and let us go to the seer.” For one who is called a prophet today, in past times was called a seer.)

2 Kings 16:15Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”

Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon stood at the fork, at the head of the two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of idols, and he consulted entrails.

Acts 8:10And to all those who would listen, from the least even to the greatest, he was saying: “Here is the power of God, which is called great.”

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:2-7

The Expedition of the Danites. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 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 inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 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 land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the… Read the whole commentary →

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