Judges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: better for you to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that you be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, came in thither, took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And they said unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: better for you to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that you be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.