Judges 18:14

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
answered	וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ vai.ya.'a.Nu	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
five	חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת cha.Me.shet	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular construct
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
went	הַהֹלְכִים֮ ha.ho.le.Khim	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
out	לְרַגֵּל֮ le.ra.Gel	H7270	to walk along · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
country	הָאָ֣רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Laish	לַיִשׁ֒ la.Yish	H3919	Laish · proper noun, a place name
said	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
brethren	אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם 'a.chei.Hem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
know	הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם hay.da'.Tem	H3045	to know (properly · interrogative particle + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
is	יֵ֣שׁ yesh	H3426	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
houses	בַּבָּתִּ֤ים ba.ba.Tim	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
ephod	אֵפ֣וֹד 'e.Fod	H646	a girdle · noun, common masculine singular absolute
teraphim	וּתְרָפִ֔ים u.te.ra.Fim	H8655	Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
image	וּפֶ֖סֶל u.Fe.sel	H6459	an idol · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
image	וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה u.ma.se.Khah	H4541	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
consider	דְּע֥וּ de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
do	תַּעֲשֽׂוּ ta.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Judges 17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 18:3-4 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who br…
Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
1 Samuel 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any fo…
Isaiah 8:19-20 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a peopl…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

The Danites had sent out their spies to find out a country for them, and they sped well in their search; but here, now that they came to the place (for till this brought it to their mind it does not appear that they had mentioned it to their brethren), they oblige them with a further discovery - they can tell them where there are gods: "Here, in these houses, there are an ephod, and teraphim, and a great many fine things for devotion, such as we have not the like in our country; now therefore consider what you have to do, Jdg 18:14. We consulted them, and had a good answer from them; they are worth having, nay, they are worth stealing (that is, having upon the worst terms), and, if we can bu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

there went from thence of the family of the Danites . . . six hundred men--This was the collective number of the men who were equipped with arms to carry out this expeditionary enterprise, without including the families and furniture of the emigrants (Jdg 18:21). Their journey led them through the territory of Judah, and their first halting place was "behind," that is, on the west of Kirjath-jearim, on a spot called afterwards "the camp of Dan." Prosecuting the northern route, they skirted the base of the Ephraimite hills. On approaching the neighborhood of Micah's residence, the spies having given information that a private sanctuary was kept there, the priest of which had rendered them imp…

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John Gill on Judges 18:14

Then they answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish,.... That were sent by their brethren, Judges 18:5 and, as it seems from hence, were sent particularly to Laish; they had some notion of that place as proper for them, and therefore sent those men to reconnoitre it; and now as they had passed this way before, when they came within sight of Micah's house, it put them in mind of what they had seen there; wherefore one in the name of the rest, and with their approbation, acquainted the company with it: and said unto their brethren, do ye know that there is in those houses; in one of them, pointing to the houses of a village or town in sight: an ephod and teraphim, and a…

Dictionary and topics

Dan — A judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s maid (Gen. 30:6, “God hath judged me”, Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, “Dan shall judge his…
Idol — (1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of…
Laish — A lion. (1.) A city of the Sidonians, in the extreme north of Palestine (Judg. 18:7, 14); called also Leshem (Josh. 19:47) and Dan (Judg. 18:7, 29; Jer. 8:16). It lay near the sources of the Jordan,…
Lish — (lion), the city which was taken by the Danites, and under its new name of Dan became famous as the northern limit of the nation. (Judges 18:7,14,27,29) [Dan] It was near the sources of the Jordan.…
Micah — A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of…
Teraphim — Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal…
Thummim — Perfection (LXX., “truth;” Vulg., “veritas”), Ex. 28:30; Deut. 33:8; Judg. 1:1; 20:18; 1 Sam. 14:3, 18; 23:9; 2 Sam. 21:1. What the “Urim and Thummim” were cannot be determined with any certainty.…
Dishonesty · .Mi — .Mi
Ephod · .Ma — .Ma
Ephod, The · For the high priest: Used by idolatrous priests — For the high priest: Used by idolatrous priests
Jonathan · idolatry; joins the Danites — idolatry; joins the Danites

Judges 18:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

John Gill on Judges 18:14

Dictionary and topics

Judges 18:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 18:14-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 18:11

John Gill on Judges 18:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 18:14

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