18. When the men went into Micah's house and took the sacred objects, the priest asked them, “What are you doing?”
19. They said, “Keep quiet. Don't say a word. Come with us and be our priest and adviser. Wouldn't you rather be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for the family of one man?”
20. This made the priest very happy, so he took the sacred objects and went along with them.
21. They turned round and started off, with their children, their livestock, and their belongings going ahead.
22. They had travelled a good distance from the house when Micah called his neighbours out for battle. They caught up with the men from Dan
23. and shouted at them. The men from Dan turned round and asked Micah, “What's the matter? Why all this mob?”
24. Micah answered, “What do you mean, ‘What's the matter?’ You take my priest and the gods that I made, and walk off! What have I got left?”
25. The men from Dan said, “You had better not say anything else unless you want these men to get angry and attack you. Then you and your whole family would die.”