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Judges 18:29-31
New English Translation
Judges 18:29-31
New English Translation
29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons.[a] But the city’s name used to be Laish. 30 The Danites worshiped[b] the carved image. Jonathan, descendant[c] of Gershom, son of Moses,[d] and his descendants[e] served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile. 31 They worshiped[f] Micah’s carved image[g] the whole time God’s authorized shrine[h] was in Shiloh.
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- Judges 18:29 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “erected for themselves.”
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “son.”
- Judges 18:30 tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX mss and the Vulgate, support the reading “Moses” (מֹשֶׁה, mosheh) here. Many Hebrew mss have a nun (נ) suspended above the name between the first two letters (מנשׁה), suggesting the name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, menasheh). This is probably a scribal attempt to protect Moses’ reputation. For discussion, see G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 401-2.
- Judges 18:30 tn Heb “sons.”
- Judges 18:31 tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”
- Judges 18:31 tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”
- Judges 18:31 tn Heb “the house of God.”
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