12
They went up and camped at Kiryat-Ye'arim, in Y'hudah, which is why that place is called Machaneh-Dan [the camp of Dan] to this day (actually, it's behind Kiryat-Ye'arim).
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From there they passed on into the hills of Efrayim and came to Mikhah's house.
14
The men who had gone to spy out the land of Layish then said to their kinsmen, "Are you aware that in these buildings there is a ritual vest, household gods and a carved image overlaid with silver? Decide what you ought to do."
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They turned off the road and went to the house of the young Levi, that is, to Mikhah's house, and asked how he was doing.
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The 600 soldiers from Dan stayed at the gate,
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while the five who had spied out the land went in and took the idol overlaid with silver, the vest and the household gods. The cohen had stayed with the 600 soldiers by the gate.
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But when they went into Mikhah's house and took the silver-covered image, the vest and the household gods, the cohen asked them, "What are you doing?"
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They replied, "Be quiet, keep your mouth shut, and come with us. Be a father and a cohen for us. Which is better? To be a cohen in the house of one man or to be cohen to a whole tribe and family in Isra'el?"
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This made the cohen feel very good; so he took the ritual vest, the household gods and the image and went off with the people.
21
So they turned and left, with their children, cattle and belongings going ahead of them.
22
When they were a good distance from Mikhah's house, the men who lived in the houses near his got together [with him], overtook the people from Dan