Judges 18:14–20

¹⁴Then the five men who had gone to spy throughout the land around Laish spoke up. They said to the other men of Dan, “Do you know that there’s an ephod, a carved idol, a metal idol, and household idols in these houses? What do you think we should do?” 

¹⁵So they stopped and entered Micah’s house and greeted the young Levite. ¹⁶The 600 armed men from Dan stood at the entrance to the city. ¹⁷The five men who had gone to spy throughout the land went inside. They took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the metal idol. The priest stood at the entrance to the city with the 600 armed men. ¹⁸When these men entered Micah’s house and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the metal idol, the priest asked them, “What are you doing?” 

¹⁹They told him, “Keep quiet! Don’t say a word! Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest for one man’s house or for a tribe in Israel and its families?” 

²⁰The priest was content. He took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved idol and went with the people.