¹⁵ So they turned aside from there, went to Micah’s house, and greeted him.

¹⁶ While the 600 Danite soldiers, armed with military weapons, stood guard at the entrance to the gate, ¹⁷ the five men who had gone to scout out the land arrived, entered Micah’s home^[a] and confiscated the carved image, the ephod, the household idols,^[b] and the cast image. Meanwhile, the priest stood outside by the entrance to the gate with the 600 men armed with military weapons.