¹³ then they went on up into the hill country of Ephraim.

As they passed the home of Micah, ¹⁴ the five spies told the others. “There is a shrine in there with an ephod, some teraphim, and many plated idols. It’s obvious what we ought to do!”

^15-16 So the five men went over to the house and with all of the armed men standing just outside the gate, they talked to the young priest and asked him how he was getting along.