12
And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.
13
From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
14
Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.
15
And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?
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And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.
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Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.
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And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?
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And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
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Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
21
So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.
22
When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,