3. While they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite, so they turned aside. They asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing here? What is your interest here?”
4. “This is what Micah has done for me,” he replied to them. “He has hired me and I have become his priest.”
5. They said to him, “Consult God, that we may know whether the journey we are making will lead to success.”
6. The priest said to them, “Go in peace! The journey you are making is under the eye of the Lord.”
7. So the five men went on and came to Laish. They saw the people there living securely after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and trusting, with no lack of any natural resource. They were distant from the Sidonians and had no dealings with the Arameans.
8. When the five returned to their kin in Zorah and Eshtaol, they were asked, “What do you have to report?”
9. They replied, “Come, let us attack them, for we have seen the land and it is very good. Are you going to hesitate? Do not be slow to go in and take possession of the land!