Judges 18:6

18:6 The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. ¹  The Lord will be with you on your mission.” ² 

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ³  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ⁴ 

Judges 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ⁵ 

Judges 18:27

18:27 Now the Danites ⁶  took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. ⁷ 

[18:6]  ¹ tn Heb “in peace.”

[18:6]  ² tn Heb “In front of the LORD is your way in which you are going.”

[18:18]  ³ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

[18:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

[18:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”

[18:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:27]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.