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Judges 18:12-18 Modern English Version (MEV)

12. They went up and set up camp in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.

13. From there they passed the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

14. The five men who went to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that in these houses are an ephod, household idols, a carved image, and a metal idol? Now think about what to do.”

15. So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

16. The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were the children of Dan, stood at the entrance to the gate.

17. The five men who went to spy out the land went in and took the carved idol, ephod, household idols, and the metal idol. The priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.

18. When these men went into the house of Micah and took the carved idol, ephod, household idols, and the metal idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

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