5. And they said to him, Inquire, we pray thee, of God that we may know whether our way on which we go shall be prosperous.
6. And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Jehovah is your way on which ye go.
7. And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put them to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with any man.
8. --And they came to their brethren at Zoreah and Eshtaol. And their brethren said to them, What say ye?
9. And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and ye are still! Be not slothful to go, to enter to take possession of the land.
10. When ye go in, ye shall come to a people secure, and the land is spacious in every direction; for God has given it into your hands; it is a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.