¹⁷ And ^(A)the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took ^(B)the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war. ¹⁸ And when these went into Micah's house and took ^(C)the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” ¹⁹ And they said to him, “Keep quiet; ^(D)put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us ^(E)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 clan in Israel?”