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Judges 17:5
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This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
The man Mikhah had a house of gods, and he made an efod, and terafim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his Kohen.
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.
The man Micah had for himself a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and he appointed one of his sons who became a priest for him.
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.
Micah had a special holy place, and he made a holy vest and some household idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.
Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
Now the man Micah had a house of gods (shrine), and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated and installed one of his sons, who became his [personal] priest.
And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons, so that he might become his priest.
And this man Michah had an house of gods, & made an Ephod, and Teraphim, & cosecrated one of his sonnes, who was his Priest.
Die man Miga het naamlik 'n godshuis gehad, en hy het 'n skouerkleed en huisgode gemaak en een van sy seuns aangestel om vir hom priester te wees.
This man Mikhah owned a house of God; so he made a ritual vest and household gods and consecrated one of his sons, who became his cohen.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Micah had a temple for worshiping idols. He made an ephod and some house idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod and a teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
This man Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods. And he made an ephod, and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons. And he was a priest for him.
And thus the man Micha had a gods house, & made an ouerbody cote, & Idols, and fylled ye handes of one of his sonnes, yt he mighte be his prest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.
And the man Micah had an house of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, which became his prieste.
And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an Ephod, and Teraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, who became his Priest.
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.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
Which departide also a litil hous ther ynne to God; and made ephod, and theraphym, that is, a preestis cloth, and ydols; and he fillide the hond of oon of his sones, and he was maad a preest to hym.
As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and talismans, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; [fn] and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.
The man Micah had a special building where gods were worshiped. He made a holy vest and gods for the house. And he set apart one of his sons to be his religious leader.
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
Now, the man Micah, had a house of gods, - and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
This man, Micah, had a private chapel. He had made an ephod and some teraphim-idols and had ordained one of his sons to be his priest.
And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
an house of gods: or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "a house of God." Judges 18:24, Genesis 31:30, Ezra 1:7, Hosea 8:14
ephod: Judges 8:27, Judges 18:14, Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:15, 1 Samuel 23:6
teraphim: Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:30, *marg. Hosea 3:4
consecrated: Heb. filled the hand, Exodus 29:9, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34, Hebrews 5:4
his sons: Exodus 24:5
Reciprocal: Judges 17:12 - consecrated Judges 18:5 - of God Judges 18:17 - the graven 1 Samuel 19:13 - an image 2 Kings 23:24 - images 2 Chronicles 22:3 - his mother Proverbs 30:12 - that are Isaiah 5:18 - draw Isaiah 44:13 - that it may Ezekiel 21:21 - images
Cross-References
I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted."
I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham.
Abraham, your wife's name will now be Sarah instead of Sarai.
But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants forever.
On that same day Abraham obeyed God by circumcising Ishmael. Abraham was also circumcised, and so were all other men and boys in his household, including his servants and slaves. He was ninety-nine years old at the time, and his son Ishmael was thirteen.
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel."
and sent Nathan the prophet to tell David, "The Lord will call him Jedidiah."
You are the Lord our God, the one who chose Abram— you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.
I, the Lord God, promise to see that you are killed and that my chosen servants use your names as curse words. But I will give new names to my servants.
The next day, when Pashhur let me go free, I told him that the Lord had said: No longer will I call you Pashhur. Instead, I will call you Afraid-of-Everything.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the man Micah had an house of gods,.... Having two images in it, besides teraphim, which were a sort of idols; and the Targum is, an house of images, or idols; though it may be rendered "an house of God"; a temple, a place for religious worship:
and made an ephod; a priestly garment, a linen one very probably, not so rich an one with a breastplate to it as the high priest had, which was very costly. Ben Melech interprets it a girdle, and there was a curious girdle of the ephod, with which it was girt; this may be here put for the rest of the priestly garments which Micah provided:
and teraphim; which were a sort of household gods, like the Lares and Penates of the Romans, and by which consultations were made;
:- :- :- Micah proposed to have an oracle in his house, whereby he might consult the Lord about future things, and not be at the trouble of going to the tabernacle, and consult there by Urim and Thummim; and the same some take the teraphim to be:
and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest; or, "filled the hand" k of one of them; that is, with offerings, as Ben Melech interprets it; in which way priests were initiated, and consecrated to their office; see Exodus 28:41 or, as Kimchi expresses it, he offered his offerings by the hand of one of his sons, and appointed him to be a priest, very probably his eldest son.
k וימלא את יד "et implevit manum", Montanus, V. L.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 17:5. The man Micah had a house of gods — בית אלהים beith Elohim should, I think, be translated house or temple of God; for it is very likely that both the mother and the son intended no more than a private or domestic chapel, in which they proposed to set up the worship of the true God.
Made an ephod — Perhaps the whole of this case may be stated thus: Micah built a house of God - a chapel in imitation of the sanctuary; he made a graven image representing the ark, a molten image to represent the mercy-seat, teraphim to represent the cherubim above the mercy-seat, and an ephod in imitation of the sacerdotal garments; and he consecrated one of his sons to be priest. Thus gross idolatry was not the crime of Micah; he only set up in his own house an epitome of the Divine worship as performed at Shiloh. What the teraphim were, Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:19; for the ephod, Exodus 25:7; Exodus 25:7; and for the sacerdotal vestments in general, Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:4, c.
Who became his priest. — כהן cohen, which the Targum translates chumera. The word כהן cohen is the common name in Hebrew for a priest of the true God but sometimes it is applied to idolatrous priests. When it is to be understood in the former sense, the Targum renders it cahen; when in the latter, it uses the word כומרא chumera, by which it always understands an idolatrous priest. But that this was not a case of idolatry, and that the true God was worshipped here, is evident from the word Jehovah being used, Judges 17:4, and oracular answers being given at this house, as we see from Judges 18:6 &c.
