Judges 18:13-20

13From there they travelled through the hill country of Ephraim. They arrived at Micah's house.

14The five men who had explored the land of Laish said to their relatives, ‘Do you know that in one of these houses there is an ephod, some small idols, an image and a metal idol. Think carefully and decide what to do.’

15So they went into Micah's house, where the young Levite was living. They said ‘hello’ to him.

16The 600 men of Dan stood at the gate with their weapons.

17The five men who had explored the land went inside. They took all the idols, the image and the priest's ephod. While they did that, the Levite priest was standing at the gate with the 600 soldiers.

18When the priest saw that the five men were taking the things from the house, he asked them, ‘What are you doing?’

19They said to him, ‘Be quiet! Do not say a word. Come with us. You will be our advisor and our priest. That will be much better for you. You will serve a whole Israelite tribe, instead of only one man's family.’

20So the priest was happy. He joined the group of men from Dan's tribe. He took the ephod, the idols and the image with him.