Judges 17:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 17:5

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Berean Standard Bible

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 17

³ And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

⁴ So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

⁵ Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

⁷ And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

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