¹⁴ The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish^[a] said to their kinsmen,^[b] “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.” ¹⁵ They stopped^[c] there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah),^[d] and asked him how he was doing.^{[e] 16} Meanwhile the 600 Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.^{[f] 17} The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole^[g] the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the 600 fully armed men.^{[h] 18} When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole^[i] the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” ¹⁹ They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser^[j] and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”^{[k] 20} The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.^[l]