Judges 18:14

18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish ¹  said to their kinsmen, ²  “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ³  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ⁴ 

Judges 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ⁵ 

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¹ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”

² tn Heb “brothers.”

³ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

⁴ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

⁵ tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”