So six hundred men of the Danites, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol (וַיִּסְעוּ מִשָּׁם מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת הַדָּנִים מִצׇּרְעָה וּמִן־אֶשְׁתָּאוֹל שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אִישׁ חָגוּר כְּלִי־קֶרֶב). The Danite military expedition consists of 600 warriors armed for battle. The description ``armed with weapons of war'' (חָגוּר כְּלִי־קֶרֶב) indicates a full military operation, not merely migration with incidental combat capability. The number 600 represents significant military force for a tribe in Iron Age Israel, suggesting that Dan has mobilized substantially for this territorial relocation. The narrative does not frame this as militia or defensive force but as a military expedition with conquest objectives.

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