Judges 18:14-23

¹⁴Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish told the other tribesmen, “Do you realize that here in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, and a carved idol, an image made with molten silver? So you know what you should do.”

¹⁵The five men left the road and went to where the young Levite was living in Micah's home to ask how he was.

¹⁶The six hundred Danite armed men stood at the entrance by the gate.

¹⁷The five men went inside and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver. The priest was standing by the gate with the six hundred armed men.

¹⁸When the priest saw them taking all the religious objects from Micah's home, he asked them, “What are you doing?”

¹⁹“Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”

²⁰This seemed like a good idea to the priest and he left with them. Carrying the ephod, the household idols, and the image made with molten silver, he marched with the people all around him.

²¹They continued their journey, putting their children, livestock, and possessions ahead of them.

²²The Danites were already quite a way from Micah's home when men from Micah's village caught up with them,

²³shouting at them. The Danites turned around to face them and asked Micah, “What's the matter with you? Why call out these men to come after us?”