Judges 18:14-20

14Then the five men who had gone to scout the country of Laish said to their relatives, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, teraphim, an image [of silver-plated wood], and a cast image [of solid silver]? Now therefore, consider what you should do.”

15So they turned in that direction and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.

16Now the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, stood at the entrance of the gate.

17Now the five men who had gone to scout the land went up and entered the house and took the image [of silver-plated wood], the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image [of solid silver], while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

18When these [five men] went into Micah’s house and took the [plated] image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image, the priest asked them, “What are you doing?”

19They said to him, “Keep quiet, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be a priest to a tribe and family in Israel?”

20The priest’s heart was glad [to hear that], and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the image, and went among the people.