18:17a And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside

The five leaders who had spied out the land entered ⌊the house⌋
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Then the five spies went inside

18:17b and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol,

(English Standard Version🙂 and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image,

and took the carved statue, the priest’s shirt, the personal idols, and the metal statue.
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and stole the idol carved ⌊from wood⌋ , the sacred shirt, the ⌊small statues⌋ of family gods, and the idol made of cast silver.

18:17c while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

⌊This happened while⌋ the priest was standing at the gate entrance with the six hundred men who were armed and ready for battle.
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The sacrificer stood at the entry to Micah’s yard with the six hundred (600) soldiers who had their weapons ready for war.

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