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Complete Jewish Bible

Judges 18:21

So they turned and left, with their children, cattle and belongings going ahead of them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dishonesty;   Jonathan;   Theft and Thieves;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dan, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carriage;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Carriages;   Gershom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archaeology and Biblical Study;   Carriage;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Israel;   Jonathan;   Micah, Micaiah;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Carriage;   Jonathan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Teraphim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carriage;   Goods;   Micah (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They prepared to leave, putting their dependents, livestock, and possessions in front of them.
Hebrew Names Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
King James Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Lexham English Bible
And they turned and went and put the little children, the livestock, and the valuable property in front of them.
English Standard Version
So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.
New Century Version
They left Micah's house, putting their little children, their animals, and everything they owned in front of them.
New English Translation
They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
Amplified Bible
So they turned and left, and they put the children, the livestock, and the valuables and supplies in front of them.
New American Standard Bible
Then they turned and left, and put the children, the livestock, and the valuables in front of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they turned and departed, and put the children, and the cattell, and the substance before them.
Legacy Standard Bible
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Contemporary English Version
from the tribe of Dan. Then they turned and left, after putting their children, their cattle, and the rest of their other possessions in front.
Darby Translation
And they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the baggage before them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the 600 men from the tribe of Dan and the Levite priest turned and left Micah's house. They put their little children, their animals, and all their things in front of them.
George Lamsa Translation
So they turned and departed, and put the sheep and the goods and the cattle in front of them.
Good News Translation
They turned around and started off, with their children, their livestock, and their belongings going ahead.
Literal Translation
And they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the livestock, and the valuables before them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they turned them and wente thence, they sent their children, and catell, and soch precious thynges as they had, before them.
American Standard Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
Bible in Basic English
So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they turned and departed, and put the children, the catell, and their other substaunce before them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
King James Version (1611)
So they turned, and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattell, and the cariage before them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.
English Revised Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
Berean Standard Bible
Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei yeden, and hadden maad the litle children, and werk beestis, and al thing that was preciouse, to go bifor hem;
Young's Literal Translation
and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.
Update Bible Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the furniture before them.
World English Bible
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
New King James Version
Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.
New Living Translation
They turned and started on their way again, placing their children, livestock, and possessions in front of them.
New Life Bible
Then they turned and left. They put the little ones, the animals and their riches in front of them.
New Revised Standard
So they resumed their journey, putting the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they turned, and went their way, - and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods, before them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle, and all that was valuable,
Revised Standard Version
So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front of them.
THE MESSAGE
They turned away and set out, putting the children, the cattle, and the gear in the lead. They were well on their way from Micah's house before Micah and his neighbors got organized. But they soon overtook the Danites. They shouted at them. The Danites turned around and said, "So what's all the noise about?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.

Contextual Overview

14 The men who had gone to spy out the land of Layish then said to their kinsmen, "Are you aware that in these buildings there is a ritual vest, household gods and a carved image overlaid with silver? Decide what you ought to do." 15 They turned off the road and went to the house of the young Levi, that is, to Mikhah's house, and asked how he was doing. 16 The 600 soldiers from Dan stayed at the gate, 17 while the five who had spied out the land went in and took the idol overlaid with silver, the vest and the household gods. The cohen had stayed with the 600 soldiers by the gate. 18 But when they went into Mikhah's house and took the silver-covered image, the vest and the household gods, the cohen asked them, "What are you doing?" 19 They replied, "Be quiet, keep your mouth shut, and come with us. Be a father and a cohen for us. Which is better? To be a cohen in the house of one man or to be cohen to a whole tribe and family in Isra'el?" 20 This made the cohen feel very good; so he took the ritual vest, the household gods and the image and went off with the people. 21 So they turned and left, with their children, cattle and belongings going ahead of them. 22 When they were a good distance from Mikhah's house, the men who lived in the houses near his got together [with him], overtook the people from Dan 23 and began shouting at them. The people from Dan turned and said to Mikhah, "What's wrong with you, that you've gathered such a crowd?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and put: These men were so confident of success, that they removed their whole families, household goods, cattle, and all.

the carriage: Kevoodah, from kavad, to be heavy, denotes the luggage or baggage. Judges 18:21

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:31 - Rehob

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Genesis 11:7
Come, let's go down and confuse their language, so that they won't understand each other's speech."
Genesis 18:1
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:24
Maybe there are fifty righteous people in the city; will you actually sweep the place away, and not forgive it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that country to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the place of the Kena‘ani, Hitti, Emori, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi.
Exodus 33:5
Adonai said to Moshe, "Tell the people of Isra'el, ‘You are a stiffnecked people! If I were to go up with you for even one moment, I would exterminate you! Now, keep your ornaments off; then I will decide what to do to you.'"
Deuteronomy 8:2
You are to remember everything of the way in which Adonai led you these forty years in the desert, humbling and testing you in order to know what was in your heart — whether you would obey his mitzvot or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3
and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, ‘Let's follow other gods, which you have not known; and let us serve them,'
Joshua 22:22
"The Mighty One, God, is Adonai ! He knows, and Isra'el will know — if we acted in rebellion or treachery against Adonai , don't vindicate us today!
Job 34:22
There is no darkness, no death-like gloom, where wrongdoers can hide;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they turned and departed,.... Turned from the gate of the city where Micah dwelt, and marched forward to Laish:

and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage, before them; partly for safety from Micah, and his friends and neighbours, and partly that they might not be overdriven: their wives, who doubtless were with them, though not mentioned, and their children, and also their flocks and herds, they brought with them from Zorah and Eshtaol, as never intending to return again thither, and being fully assured they should take Laish, and the country about, and settle there; and also all their wealth and substance, as the Targum renders the word for "carriage", whatever they were possessed of that was movable; their vessels, silver and gold, and other movables, as Kimchi interprets it, whatever was weighty, valuable and glorious, as the word signifies, or that was of any importance and worth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And put the little ones, etc., before them - They expected a pursuit from Micah’s people, and arranged their order of march accordingly.

The carriage - Rather, “the valuables.” Some interpret it “the heavy baggage.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 18:21. The little ones and the cattle, c. — These men were so confident of success that they removed their whole families, household goods, cattle, and all.

And the carriage — כבודה kebudah, their substance, precious things, or valuables omne quod erat pretiosum, VULGATE: or rather the luggage or baggage; what Caesar calls in his commentaries impedimenta; and what the Septuagint here translate βαρος, weight or baggage. We are not to suppose that any wheel carriage is meant.


 
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