In Context

17 and the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up, and entered and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

18 And when these went into Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, |What are you doing?|

19 And they said to him, |Keep quiet, put your hand upon 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 man, or to be priest to a tribe and family in Israel?|

20 And the priest's heart was glad; he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

21 So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front of them.

22 When they were a good way from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called out, and they overtook the Danites.

Judges 18:20 in Other Translations