4. "Micah has done a lot for me," he replied to them. "He hired me to be his personal priest."
5. They said to him, "Ask for an answer from God so we can know whether we’ll be successful on this trip we’ve taken."
6. The priest replied to them, "Go in peace. The Lord is watching over you on this trip you’ve taken."
7. So the five men journeyed on until they reached Laish. There they saw that its people were living without worry in the same way as the Sidonians, undisturbed and secure. Nobody held back anything in the land, so no one had to hoard. Yet they lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone else.
8. When the men came back to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, they asked them, "What did you find?"
9. "Come on," they replied, "let’s march up against them! Indeed, we’ve seen the land, and it’s very good. Right now you’re doing nothing! Don’t hold back from going and taking possession of the land.