¹³ From there they went to the hill country of Ephraim. They came to Micah’s house.

¹⁴ Then the five men who had looked over the land of Laish spoke to the other members of their tribe. They said, “Don’t you know that one of these houses has a sacred linen apron in it? Some statues of family gods are there. That house also has another statue of a god covered with silver. Now you know what to do.” ¹⁵ So they turned off the road and stopped there. They went to the house of the young Levite. He was at Micah’s place. They greeted the young man.