Quoted in Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason, Conway vol. 4, page 99.
This account of the Danites taking possession of Laish and changing it to Dan, is placed in the book of Judges immediately after the death of Samson. The death of Samson is said to have happened b.c. 1120 and that of Moses B.C. 1451; and, therefore, according to the historical arrangement, the place was not called Dan till 331 years after the death of Moses.
Forsothe sixe hundrid men token the preest and that we aboue seiden, and camen into Lachis to the puple restynge and siker; and thei smyten hem in mouth of swerd, and the cite with brennynge thei token, no man vtterly berynge sokour, forthi that ferre thei dwelten fro Sydon, and with noon of men thei hadden eny thing of felawship and of erand.
Forsothe sixen hundrid men token the preest, and the thingis whiche we biforseiden, and camen into Lachis to the puple restynge and sikurr; and thei smytiden hem bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and bitoken the citee to brennyng, while no man outirli ʒaf help, for thei dwelliden fer fro Sydon, and hadden not ony thing of felouschipe and cause with ony of men.
Verily, six hundred men took the priest and the things spoken before, and came to Laish onto people who were secure and at ease, and smote them with the sharp of the sword, and took the city with flames; and no man at all gave rescue, because they lived far from Sydon and had nothing of fellowship or errand together.
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