When thesewentinto Micah'shouseand tookthe gravenimage,the ephodand householdidolsand the moltenimage,the priestsaidto them, "Whatare you doing?"
They stoopedover,they have boweddowntogether;They couldnot rescuethe burden,But have themselvesgoneinto captivity.
"For the kingof Babylonstandsat the partingof the way,at the headof the twoways,to usedivination;he shakesthe arrows,he consultsthe householdidols,he looksat the liver.
You shall not makefor yourselves idols,norshall you setup for yourselves an imageor a [sacred] pillar,norshall you placea figuredstonein your landto bowdownto it; for I am the LORDyour God.
Now the fivemenwho wentto spyout the landwentup [and] enteredthere,[and] tookthe gravenimageand the ephodand householdidolsand the moltenimage,while the prieststoodby the entranceof the gatewith the sixhundredmenarmedwith weaponsof war.
They saidto him, "Be silent,putyour handoveryour mouthand comewith us, and be to us a fatherand a priest.Is it betterfor you to be a priestto the houseof oneman,orto be priestto a tribeand a familyin Israel?"
