And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
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Gill's Exposition
And they said unto him, ask counsel, we pray thee, of God,.... They did not reprove him for assuming the priestly office, when they knew he was a Levite, such was the corruption of those times, and…
Barnes' Notes
The sight of the ephod and teraphim suggested the notion of inquiring of God.
Here is, 1. The eye which these Danites had upon Laish, not the whole tribe of Dan, but one family of them, to whose lot, in the subdivision of Canaan, that city fell. Hitherto this family had…
Cambridge Bible
Ask counsel … of God i.e. by means of the ephod or sacred lot. To consult the divine will in this way was one of the special functions of the priesthood; see 1Sa 6:2; 1Sa 14:18 (RVm.), 1Sa 22:10; 1Sa…
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