What does Judges 18:17 mean?

The five men who had scouted the land went inside and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal idol, while the priest stood at the gate with the six hundred armed men. Judges 18:17 - Modern Text Bible

(The scouts go in and take Micah’s religious items, while the Levite is left outside with the armed men, powerless to stop them.)