18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage {i} before them.
(i) Suspecting them that pursued them.
18:21 Before them - For their greater security, if Micah should pursue them.
17:7-13 Micah thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased with them.
