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Judges 18:18-24 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

18. So they that were gone in took away the graven thing, the ephod, and the idols, and the molten god. And the priest said to them: What are you doing?

19. And they said to him: Hold thy peace and put thy finger on thy mouth and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?

20. When he had heard this, he agreed to their words, and took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven god, and departed with them.

21. And when they were going forward, and had put before them the children and the cattle and all that was valuable,

22. And were now at a distance from the house of Michas, the men that dwelt in the houses of Michas gathering together followed them,

23. And began to shout out after them. They looked back, and said to Michas: What aileth thee? Why dost thou cry?

24. And he answered: You have taken away my gods which I have made me and the priest, and all that I have, and do you say: What aileth thee?

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