Judges 18:5

So they said unto him—Ask of God, we pray thee,—that we may know whether the journey on which we are going shall have good success.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 said unto them, Thus and so, hath Micah dealt with me, and hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

6And the priest said unto them—Go! and prosper,—before Yahweh, is your journey on which ye go.

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Cross References

Judges 17:13Then said Micah—Now, I know that Yahweh will do me good,—seeing I have a Levite as my priest.

1 Samuel 9:9Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer,—for, the prophet of to-day, used to be called, beforetime, the seer.

2 Kings 16:15And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying—Upon the great altar, make thou perfume with the ascending-sacrifice of the morning, and with the meal-offering of the evening, and with the ascending-sacrifice of the king and with his meal-offering, and with the ascending-sacrifice of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering and their drink-offering, and, all the blood of the ascending-offering, and all the blood of the [peace] offering, thereupon, shalt thou dash,—but, the altar of bronze, shall be for me to inquire [into].

Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon, hath come to a stand, At the parting of the way At the head of the two ways To divine a divination:He hath shaken with arrows He hath asked of the household gods, He hath inspected the liver.

Acts 8:10Unto whom all were giving heed, from small even to great, saying—This, 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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