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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day all their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”וּבַיָּמִ֣ים (בַ) vai. “in the”בְּתוֹךְ־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “<in>”

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

בָּזֶ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “in”

And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

בֵאלֹהִ֑ים (בֵ) ve. “by”

And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way in which ye go.

בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “in <the>”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

When ye go, ye shall come to a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is on the earth.

בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “[is] on the”

And they went up, and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

בְּקִרְיַ֥ת (בְּ) be. “at”בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”

Then answered the five men that went to explore the country of Laish, and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

בַּבָּתִּ֤ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest to the house of one man, or that thou shouldst be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

בְּקֶ֥רֶב (בְּ) be. “in”

And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were collected, and overtook the children of Dan.

בַּבָּתִּים֙ (בַּ) ba. “[were] in the”

And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows rush upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

בָכֶ֗ם (בָ) va. “on <the>”

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city and dwelt in it.

בָּעֵ֖מֶק (בָּ) ba. “[was] in the”בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “in <the>”

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: but the name of the city was Laish at the first.

בְּשֵׁם֙ (בְּ) be. “by”

And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “at”

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

בּ֤וֹ (בּ֤) b “on <the>”

And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he arose to depart: and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward depart.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַבֹּ֖קֶר (בַ) va. “in the”

And when the man rose to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

בּוֹ֙ (בּ) b “<in> <the>”

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thy heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they ate both of them.

בַּבֹּ֜קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in to this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “in <the>”

And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

בְּאַחַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “at”בַגִּבְעָ֖ה (בַ) va. “in <the>”בָרָמָֽה׃ (בָ) va. “in <the>”

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בִּרְח֣וֹב (בִּ) bi “in”