Judges 18:18

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? These went unto Micah's house - The five men went in, while the six hundred armed men stood at the gate.

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These — The five men.

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?

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 18:18