¹⁸ Now after these had gone into Micah’s house and taken the carved image, the ephod, the household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

¹⁹ “Be quiet!” they said to him. “Put your hand on your mouth and go with us and be to us a father and a priest! Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man or to be priest to a tribe and a clan in Israel?” ²⁰ So the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the household idols and the carved image, and went along among the people.