¹⁸ When these went into Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod and ^[a]household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” ¹⁹ They said to him, “Be silent, ^(A)put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us ^(B)a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?” ²⁰ The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod and ^[b]household idols and the graven image and went among the people.