Judges 16:13   (Read all of Judges 16)

Delilah then said to Samson, "All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied." He replied, "If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I'll become as weak as any other man." So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric

Judges 16:14   (Read all of Judges 16)

and tightened it with the pin. Again she called to him, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.

Judges 16:15   (Read all of Judges 16)

Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you won't confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven't told me the secret of your great strength."

Judges 16:20   (Read all of Judges 16)

Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, "I'll go out as before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

Judges 17:2   (Read all of Judges 17)

said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse-I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The Lord bless you, my son!"

Judges 17:3   (Read all of Judges 17)

When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you."

Judges 17:7   (Read all of Judges 17)

A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

Judges 17:9   (Read all of Judges 17)

Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."

Judges 17:10   (Read all of Judges 17)

Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."

Judges 17:11   (Read all of Judges 17)

So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

Judges 17:12   (Read all of Judges 17)

Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Judges 18:3   (Read all of Judges 18)

When they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they turned in there and asked him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?"

Judges 18:6   (Read all of Judges 18)

The priest answered them, "Go in peace. Your journey has the Lord's approval."

Judges 18:8   (Read all of Judges 18)

When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, "How did you find things?"

Judges 18:9   (Read all of Judges 18)

They answered, "Come on, let's attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren't you going to do something? Don't hesitate to go there and take it over.

Judges 18:10   (Read all of Judges 18)

When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever."

Judges 18:14   (Read all of Judges 18)

Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, "Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do."

Judges 18:15   (Read all of Judges 18)

So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah's place and greeted him.

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When the five men went into Micah's house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"

Judges 18:19   (Read all of Judges 18)

They answered him, "Be quiet! Don't say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn't it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man's household?"

Judges 18:23   (Read all of Judges 18)

As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, "What's the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?"

Judges 18:24   (Read all of Judges 18)

He replied, "You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, 'What's the matter with you?' "

Judges 18:25   (Read all of Judges 18)

The Danites answered, "Don't argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives."

Judges 19:5   (Read all of Judges 19)

On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with something to eat; then you can go."