²⁹ He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.^(A)

¹⁹ He called that place Bethel,^[a] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.^(A)

The Danites Settle in Laish

²⁷ The Danites, having taken what Micah had made and the priest who belonged to him, came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, put them to the sword, and burned down the city.^{(A) 28} There was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with Aram.^[a] It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city and lived in it.^{(B) 29} They named the city Dan after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel, but the name of the city was formerly Laish.^{(C) 30} Then the Danites set up the idol for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom son of Moses^[b] and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the time the land went into captivity.^{(D) 31} So they maintained as their own Micah’s idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.^(E)

²⁹ But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to commit: the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.^(A)

The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin

20 Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah.^(A)

Moses Dies and Is Buried in the Land of Moab

34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan,