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Judges 17:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
Judges 17:5
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3 He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
5 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.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
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Judges 17:1
"There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah."
Judges 17:2
"He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May the LORD bless my son!”"
Judges 17:3
"He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”"
Judges 17:4
"When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah."
Judges 17:6
"In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes."
Judges 17:7
"There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there."
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