Judges 18:14

Then responded the five men who had been to spy out the land of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Know ye that there are in these houses, an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image,—now, therefore, know what ye will do!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

In Context

13And they passed on from thence unto the hill country of Ephraim,—and came as far as the house of Micah.

15So they turned aside thither, and entered into the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah,—and asked him of his welfare.

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Cross References

Judges 17:5Now, the man Micah, had a house of gods,—and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

1 Samuel 14:28Then responded one from among the people, and said—With an oath, did thy father charge the people, saying—Cursed, be the man that eateth food to-day! And so the people were faint.

Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:8-14

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and,… Read the whole commentary →

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