Judges 18:5-11

⁵“Please ask the Lord for us so we can find out if our journey will be successful,” they asked him.

⁶“Go in peace,” the priest replied. “The journey you are taking is being observed by the Lord.”

⁷The five men left and went to the town of Laish. They observed that the people there lived in safety, and followed the customs of the Sidonians. The people were unsuspecting and confident of their security, at home in a productive land. They didn't have a strong ruler, they lived a long way from the Sidonians, and had no other allies to help them.

⁸The men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you…?”

⁹“Come on, let's go and attack them!” the men interrupted. “We've surveyed the land, and it's excellent! Aren't you going to do something? Don't put off going there and occupying the land!

¹⁰When you get there you'll find the people are unsuspecting and the land is extensive. God has given you a place where there's no shortage of anything!”

¹¹So six hundred Danite armed men left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready to attack.