Judges 18:14–20

¹⁴Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land (that is, Laish) said to their comrades, “Do you know that in these buildings there are an ephod, teraphim, and an idol of cast metal? Now, therefore, consider what you will do.”^{* 15}So they turned in that direction and came to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him. ¹⁶While the six hundred men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate,^{* 17}the five men who had gone to spy out the land proceeded to enter and take the idol of cast metal, the ephod, and the teraphim.^u The priest was standing by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.^{* 18}When the men went into Micah’s house and took the idol of cast metal, the ephod, and the teraphim, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” ¹⁹They said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one person or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”^{* 20}Then the priest accepted the offer. He took the ephod, the teraphim, and the idol and went along with the people.