English Standard Version

Judges 18:20-26 English Standard Version (ESV)

20. And the priest’s heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.

21. So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.

22. When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.

23. And they shouted to the people of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you, that you come with such a company?”

24. And he said, “You take my gods that I made and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

25. And the people of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.”

26. Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.