Judges 17:5

And the house of Michaias was to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

In Context

4But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave + 17:4 Gr. it.them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.

6And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:30Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Exodus 28:4And these are the garments which they shall make: the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.

Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and thou shalt + 29:9 Or, consecrate them. Lit. make perfect the hands.fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons.

Judges 18:14And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.

1 Samuel 19:13And Melchol took + 19:13 Heb. teraphim, probably such images as were put on monuments.images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the + 19:13 כבר liver, has evidently been read here for כביר a quilt, or perhaps a pillow.liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.

1 Kings 12:31And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:2-7

Micah and His Gods. ( b. c. 1406.) 1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord , my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my… Read the whole commentary →

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