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“Don't worry,” answered the priest. “The Lord is pleased with what you are doing.”

The five men left and went to the town of Laish, whose people were from Sidon,[a] but Sidon was too far away to protect them. Even though their town had no walls, the people thought they were safe from attack. So they had not asked anyone else[b] for protection, which meant that the tribe of Dan could easily take over Laish.[c]

The five men went back to Zorah and Eshtaol, where their relatives asked, “Did you find any land?”

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Footnotes

  1. 18.7 whose people … Sidon: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 18.7 anyone else: Hebrew; one ancient translation has “the Arameans,” who were a short distance to the north.
  3. 18.7 which … Laish: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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