Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
This remarkable description of the outrageous robbery of Micah is its own commentary.  The intimidating presence of six hundred armed men at the gate of Micah's compound, the bold raid of the five spies to carry off the sacred loot, the timid question of the young man the Levite, the order of six hundred armed men for him to keep his mouth shut, their offer to him of permanent employment as their priest, the evident fact that Micah was not present, being perhaps in the fields with his men, or, if aware of what was happening afraid to interfere, and the departure of the six hundred armed men, carrying away not only all the sacred articles of Micah's shrine, but the happy young priest also, who was delighted with his "promotion"! - what a thumbnail picture we have here of the whole raid!