Judges 18:20
And the heart of the priest is glad, and he takes the ephod, and the teraphim, and the carved image, and goes into the midst of the people,
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In Context
21and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the livestock, and the baggage, before them.
Cross References
Judges 17:10And Micah says to him, “Dwell with me, and be for a father and for a priest to me, and I give ten pieces of silver to you for the days, and a suit of garments, and your sustenance”; and the Levite goes [in].
Isaiah 56:11And the dogs [are] strong of desire, || They have not known sufficiency, || And they [are] shepherds! They have not known understanding, || All of them turned to their own way, || Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, || And every dweller is weak in it, || With the beast of the field, || And with the bird of the heavens, || And the fishes of the sea—they are removed.
Philippians 3:19whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who are minding the things on earth.
2 Peter 2:15having forsaken a right way, they went astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who loved a reward of unrighteousness,
Matthew Henry on Judges 18:15-27
Micah's Gods Stolen; Micah's Attempt to Recover His Idols. ( b. c. 1406.) 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,… Read the whole commentary →