⁵ The man Micah had a ^(A)shrine, and made an ^(B)ephod and ^(C)household^[a] idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ^6 (D)In those days there was no king in Israel; ^(E)everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

^14 (A)Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brethren, “Do you know that ^(B)there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a molded image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.” ¹⁵ So they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young Levite man—to the house of Micah—and greeted him. ¹⁶ The ^(C)six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. ¹⁷ Then ^(D)the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up. Entering there, they took ^(E)the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molded image. The priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were armed with weapons of war.