Then the Danites Went to the Hill Country of Ephraim, and Spied Out the Land and to Explore It.

600 men of the tribe of dan armed with weapons of war, set forth from zorah and eshtaol. When these went into micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the ter im and the molten image,. The priest said to them, what are you doing? And they said to him, keep quiet, put your hand upon your mouth and come with us  and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be Priest to a tribe and family in israel? They turned and departed, putting the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front