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23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites[a] turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?” 24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’”[b] 25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men[c] will attack you, and you and your family will die.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 18:23 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Judges 18:24 tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”
  3. Judges 18:25 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
  4. Judges 18:25 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”