¹⁶ The six hundred Danites,^(A) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. ¹⁷ The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods^(B) while the priest and the six hundred armed men^(C) stood at the entrance of the gate.

¹⁸ When the five men went into Micah’s house and took^(D) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,^(E) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”