Judges 18:14-21

Judges 18:14-21

[14] Then answered  the five  men  that went  to spy out  the country  of Laish,  and said  unto their brethren,  Do ye know  that there is  in these houses  an ephod,  and teraphim,  and a graven image,  and a molten image?  now therefore consider  what ye have to do.  [15] And they turned  thitherward, and came  to the house  of the young man  the Levite,  even unto the house  of Micah,  and saluted  him. [16] And the six  hundred  men  appointed  with their weapons  of war,  which were of the children  of Dan,  stood  by the entering  of the gate.  [17] And the five  that went  to spy out  the land  went up,  and came in  thither, and took  and the ephod,  and the teraphim,  and the molten image:  and the priest  stood  in the entering  of the gate  with the six  hundred  men  that were appointed  with weapons  of war.  [18] And these went  into Micah's  house,  and fetched  the carved image,  the ephod,  and the teraphim,  and the molten image.  Then said  the priest  unto them, What do  [19] And they said  unto him, Hold thy peace,  lay  thine hand  upon thy mouth,  with us, and be to us  a father  and a priest:  is it better  for thee to be a priest  unto the house  of one  man,  or that thou be a priest  unto a tribe  and a family  in Israel?  [20] And the priest's  heart  was glad,  and he took  the ephod,  and the teraphim,  and the graven image,  and went in  the midst  of the people.  [21] So they turned  and put  the little ones  and the cattle  and the carriage  before