Judges 18:19-21

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ And they said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?” ²⁰ The priest accepted the offer,^[a] and he took the ephod, teraphim, and molten image and went along with the people.

²¹ And they turned^[b] and went and put the little children, the livestock, and the valuable property in front of them.