A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.

The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.

The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.