² So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, ^(A)from Zorah and from Eshtaol, ^(B)to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came ^(C)to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

¹⁴ Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that ^(A)in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.”