JUDGES 18:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.”
And the Danites took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire (וַיִּשְׂאוּ דָן אֶת־הַפֶּסֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מִיכָה וְאֶת־הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה לוֹ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־לַיִשׁ אֶל־עָם שׁוֹקֵט וּבֹטֵחַ וַיַּכּוּ אוֹתָם לְפִי־חָרֶב וְאֶת־הָעִיר שָׂרְפוּ בָּאֵשׁ) — the Danites proceed to Laish with the stolen shrine and priest. There they attack the peaceful, unsuspecting inhabitants, killing them ``with the edge of the sword'' (לְפִי־חָרֶב) and burning the city. The assault is unambiguous genocide: the destruction of a people and their city. The narrative presents this conquest matter-of-factly, recording the conquest without explicit moral judgment.
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