Judges 17:3

וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת ־ אֶֽלֶף ־ וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת ־ הַכֶּסֶף לַיהוָה מִיָּדִי לִבְנִי לַֽעֲשׂוֹת פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וְעַתָּה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ לָֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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 son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר לְאִמּוֹ אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר לֻֽקַּֽח ־ לָךְ ואתי אָלִית וְגַם אָמַרְתְּ בְּאָזְנַי הִנֵּֽה ־ הַכֶּסֶף אִתִּי אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיו וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ בָּרוּךְ בְּנִי לַיהוָֽה ׃

4וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת ־ הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמּוֹ וַתִּקַּח אִמּוֹ מָאתַיִם כֶּסֶף וַתִּתְּנֵהוּ לַצּוֹרֵף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָֽיְהוּ ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן אִתִּי אֱלֹהֵי כֶסֶף וֵאלֹהֵי זָהָב לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶֽם ׃

Leviticus 19:4אַל ־ תִּפְנוּ אֶל ־ הָאֱלִילִים וֵֽאלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם ׃

Deuteronomy 27:15אָרוּר הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה פֶסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי חָרָשׁ וְשָׂם בַּסָּתֶר וְעָנוּ כָל ־ הָעָם וְאָמְרוּ אָמֵֽן ׃ ס

Judges 18:5וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ שְׁאַל ־ נָא בֵאלֹהִים וְנֵדְעָה הֲתַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ הֹלְכִים עָלֶֽיהָ ׃

Psalms 115:4עֲ‍ֽצַבֵּיהֶם כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָֽם ׃

Isaiah 44:9יֹֽצְרֵי ־ פֶסֶל כֻּלָּם תֹּהוּ וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶם בַּל ־ יוֹעִילוּ וְעֵדֵיהֶם הֵמָּה בַּל ־ יִרְאוּ וּבַל ־ יֵדְעוּ לְמַעַן יֵבֹֽשׁוּ ׃

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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