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Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
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Superstition and Lawlessness
Commentators highlight the Danites' deeply flawed faith. They saw Micah's idols not as an offense to God, but as a spiritual asset to be stolen for their own mission. They combined lawless robbery with superstitious devotion, believing these man-made objects would serve as 'tokens and pledges of God being with us,' a stark warning against mixing true faith with self-serving superstition.
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18th Century
Theologian
In these houses - This agrees with what we saw at (Judges 18:2–3) that the house of God and Jonathan’s house were detac…
19th Century
Bishop
Answered. —Equivalent to they said, as in Job 3:2, Zechariah 1:10.
Consider what ye have to do…
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Then they answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish That were s…
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The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh, the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods would protect them, when t…