Thematic Bible: Used by micah, stolen by the danites

And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest. Verse ConceptsephodsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesConsecration

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.” Verse ConceptsFive People

Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war. When these went into Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod and household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" They said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?" read more.
The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven image and went among the people.