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Judges 18:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then they said to him, ‘Please enquire of God  for us to determine if we will have a successful journey.’

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But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, ‘First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.’


They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, ‘This man is called the Great Power of God.’  ,


My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to   their God.


For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practise divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.


Woe to the rebellious children! This is the  Lord’s declaration. They carry out a plan,  but not mine; they make an alliance, but against my will, piling sin on top of sin.


Then King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, ‘Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering. Also offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance.’


The five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told their brothers, ‘Did you know that there are an ephod, household gods, and a carved image and a silver idol  in these houses? Now think about what you should do.’


Then Micah said, ‘Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.’


This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols,  and installed one of his sons to be his priest.


He told them, ‘This is what Micah has done for me: He has hired me, and I became his priest.’


The priest told them, ‘Go in peace. The Lord is watching over the journey you are going on.’


Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to enquire of God would say, ‘Come, let’s go to the seer,’ for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.





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