6. The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission.”
7. So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
8. When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, “How did it go?”
9. They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.
10. When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!”
11. So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
12. They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)
13. From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
14. The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”