Tanach
Shoftim 18:2-6 שופטים י״ח:ב׳-ו׳
Part of: Chapter 18
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וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ בְנֵי־דָן ׀ מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם חֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים מִקְצוֹתָם אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי־חַיִל מִצׇּרְעָה וּמֵאֶשְׁתָּאֹל לְרַגֵּל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וּלְחׇקְרָהּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם לְכוּ חִקְרוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ הַר־אֶפְרַיִם עַד־בֵּית מִיכָה וַיָּלִינוּ שָֽׁם׃
The sons of Dan dispatched, from their clan, five distinguished men, powerful warriors, from Tzar'ah and Eshtaol, to reconnoiter the land, and to examine it. They told them, "Go, examine the land." They arrived at Mount Efraim, at Michah's temple, and spent the night there.
The sons of Dan dispatched, from their clan, five distinguished men, powerful warriors, from Tzar'ah and Eshtaol, to reconnoiter the land, and to examine it. They told them, "Go, examine the land." They arrived at Mount Efraim, at Michah's temple, and spent the night there.
הֵמָּה עִם־בֵּית מִיכָה וְהֵמָּה הִכִּירוּ אֶת־קוֹל הַנַּעַר הַלֵּוִי וַיָּסוּרוּ שָׁם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ מִֽי־הֱבִיאֲךָ הֲלֹם וּמָה־אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה בָּזֶה וּמַה־לְּךָ פֹֽה׃
While at Michah's temple, they recognized the Levite youth's voice. They turned in there, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What do you do in this [place?] What do you have here?"
While at Michah's temple, they recognized the Levite youth's voice. They turned in there, and said to him, "Who brought you here? What do you do in this [place?] What do you have here?"
Rashi
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם כָּזֹה וְכָזֶה עָשָׂה לִי מִיכָה וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵנִי וָאֱהִי־לוֹ לְכֹהֵֽן׃
He said to them, "Michah did this and that for me, and he has employed me. I serve as his priest."
He said to them, "Michah did this and that for me, and he has employed me. I serve as his priest."
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ שְׁאַל־נָא בֵאלֹהִים וְנֵדְעָה הֲתַצְלִחַ דַּרְכֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ הֹלְכִים עָלֶֽיהָ׃
They said to him, "Please inquire of God, so that we may know whether we shall succeed on our way which we are now following."
They said to him, "Please inquire of God, so that we may know whether we shall succeed on our way which we are now following."
Rashi
שאל נא באלהים. בתרפים שמדברים על ידי מכשפות:
Please inquire of God through the figurines, which communicate by sorcery.
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַכֹּהֵן לְכוּ לְשָׁלוֹם נֹכַח יְהֹוָה דַּרְכְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכוּ־בָֽהּ׃ {פ}
The priest replied to them, "Go in peace. The route which you will follow is before Adonoy."
The priest replied to them, "Go in peace. The route which you will follow is before Adonoy."
Rashi
נוכח ה' דרככם. נוכח הקדוש ברוך הוא גלוי, כי זה אין בו ממש:
The route you will follow is before Adonoy It is revealed before the Holy One, blessed is He, but these [figurines] are worthless.
מי הביאך הלם. יש כאן תמיהות הרבה, (בבא בתרא קי ב) לא מזרעו של משה רבינו אתה, שנאמר בו (שמות ג ה): אל תקרב הלם, (שם ד יא): מי שם פה לאדם, (שם שם ב): מה זה בידך:
Who brought you here. There are numerous questions here. Are you not descended from our teacher Moshe, to whom it was said, "Do not come close here,"4Shemos, 3:5.הֲלוֹם, “here”, in our passage corresponds with הֲלוֹם, “here”, in the statement to Moshe. "Who provided mankind with the mouth?"5Ibid, 4:11. פֶז in our passage coresponds with פֶה “mouth”, there. and "What is this in your hand?"6Ibid, 4:2. מָה…בָּזֶה corresponds with מַה זֶה there.