Judg 18:5-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Judg 18:5-6: 18:5-6 The Lord had already promised to give Dan an allotment in the southwest that they had failed to possess (see 1:34 ; Josh 19:40-48 ). Now they were asking God’s blessing from a hired priest whose “blessing,” like that of Micah’s mother (Judg 17:2 ), sounded religious while having no basis in Israel’s covenant with the Lord.

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‏ Judges 18:5-6

Summary for Judg 18:5-6: 18:5-6 ^a The Lord had already promised to give Dan an allotment in the southwest that they had failed to possess (see 1:34 ^b; Josh 19:40-48 ^c). Now they were asking God’s blessing from a hired priest whose “blessing,” like that of Micah’s mother (Judg 17:2 ^d), sounded religious while having no basis in Israel’s covenant with the Lord.