KJV King James Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
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Judges 18:21
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
WEB World English Bible
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the goods before them.
ASV American Standard Version
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.
Surrounding context — Judges 18
18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine 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 unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 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.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 [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 gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
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