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Judges 18:25-31 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

25. And the sons of Dan said to him, "Take care that you no longer speak to us, otherwise men with a mind for violence may overwhelm you, and you yourself would perish with all your house."

26. And so, they continued on the journey that they had begun. But Micah, seeing that they were stronger than he was, returned to his house.

27. Now the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we stated above, and they went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and they struck them down with the edge of the sword. And they burned the city with fire.

28. For no one at all sent reinforcements, because they lived far away from Sidon, and they had no association or business with any man. Now the city was situated in the region of Rehob. And building it up again, they lived in it,

29. calling the name of the city Dan, according to the name of their father, who had been born of Israel, though before it was called Laish.

30. And they established for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, with his sons, were priests in the tribe of Dan, even until the day of their captivity.

31. And the idol of Micah remained with them during the entire time that the house of God was in Shiloh. In those days, there was no king in Israel.

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