Judges 18:14–20

¹⁴And the five men that went out to spy out the land (that is, Laish) responded and said to their relatives,^j “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, teraphim, and an idol of cast metal? So then, consider what you must do.” ¹⁵So they turned to that direction, and they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and they greeted him.^{k 16}And six hundred men from the descendants^l of Dan, armed with their weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate. ¹⁷And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and they entered there and took the carved divine image, ephod, teraphim, and the molten image. The priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with the weapons of war. ¹⁸When these went to Micah’s house, they took the divine carved image, ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, and the priest asked them, “What are you doing?” ¹⁹And they said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?” ²⁰The priest accepted the offer,^m and he took the ephod, teraphim, and molten image and went along with the people.