Judges 18:2

18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹  capable men ²  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ³ 

Judges 18:14

18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish ⁴  said to their kinsmen, ⁵  “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”

Judges 18:17

18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole ⁶  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. ⁷ 

[18:2]  ¹ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

[18:2]  ² tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”

[18:14]  ⁴ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”

[18:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

[18:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”

[18:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”