Michal took the teraphim and laid it in the bed, putting a tangle of goat’s hair at its head and covering it with a blanket.
Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.
For the Israelites will remain many days without king or prince, Without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household gods.
The man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
Then the five men who had gone to reconnoiter the land spoke up and said to their kindred, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, teraphim, and an idol overlaid with silver? Now decide what you must do!”
The five men who had gone to reconnoiter the land went up
But when the messengers entered, they found the teraphim in the bed, with the tangle of goat’s hair at its head.