5. Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God so we will know if we will have a successful journey.”
6. The priest told them, “Go in peace. The Lord is watching over the journey you are going on.”
7. The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.
8. When the men went back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their people asked them, “What did you find out? ”
9. They answered, “Come on, let’s go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why wait? Don’t hesitate to go and invade and take possession of the land!
10. When you get there, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has handed it over to you. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
11. Six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol armed with weapons of war.
12. They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. This is why the place is called the Camp of Dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath-jearim.