And Micah said: ''You take my gods which I made, and the priest, and go away; and what have I left? How then can you say to me, 'What is the matter with you?''' (וַיֹּאמֶר מִיכָה אֶת־אֱלֹהַי אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְקַחְתֶּם וְאֶת־הַכֹּהֵן וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַתֵּלְכוּ וּמַה־לִּי עוֹד וּמַה־זֶּה תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי מַה־לָּךְ) — Micah's protest is anguished and accusatory: the Danites have taken his gods (the molten image and ephod), the priest he had hired, and essentially his religious establishment. His question ``what have I left?'' (וּמַה־לִּי עוֹד, literally ``what do I have left?'') expresses the loss of his entire religious investment. His complaint that they dare ask ``what is the matter with you?'' implies that their act of theft is so flagrant that such a question adds insult to injury. Yet Micah's religious possessions—the carved and molten images—were themselves violations of covenant law, making his loss legally and morally ambiguous.

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