12. On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan to this day.
13. From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
14. Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, ‘Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do.’
15. So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him.
16. The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate.
17. The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate.