Judges 18:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ After they went into Micah’s home and took possession of the carved image, the ephod, the household idols,^[a] and the cast image, the priest challenged them. “What are you doing?” he asked them.

¹⁹ They told him, “Shut up and keep quiet.^[b] Come with us and be our spiritual^[c] father and priest. It’s better for you, isn’t it, to be a priest to an entire^[d] tribe and family in Israel than to be priest to the home of one man?”

²⁰ The priest was happy to oblige,^[e] so he took the ephod, the household idols,^[f] and the carved image and went along with the army.