Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do."When I first read this, I thought that the men had finally gotten their heads on straight, and realized that this man was wrong, and they needed to cleanse the land as much as they were able before going into battle. They would go to Micah's house, destroy the idols, and perhaps kill the Levite for his apostasy. At the least, they would drive Micah out, and start things off with a good offering to God.
I was quite disappointed when they instead just took the items for themselves, to use in false worship for an entire tribe. One family or clan of nonbelievers would have been understandable, since they were there already. But to take that and run with it, keeping the idols and making the priest their tribe's priest, was a great disappointment. I was a bit surprised when God allowed them to win their victory. In the past, I would have thought he would see to it that they were defeated for their idolatry.
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