Verse 5
Judges 17:5
GOD'S WORD Translation
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/אִ֣ישׁ מִיכָ֔ה ל֖/וֹ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ אֵפוֹד֙ וּ/תְרָפִ֔ים וַ/יְמַלֵּ֗א אֶת יַ֤ד אַחַד֙ מִ/בָּנָ֔י/ו וַ/יְהִי ל֖/וֹ לְ/כֹהֵֽן
English Translation
And the man Micah made a house of gods, and he made an ephod and household gods, and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became a priest for him.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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2
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which yo...
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3
He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certain...
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4
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave the...
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5
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his so...
6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
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7
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived...
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8
The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and h...
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9
Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?”
He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and...
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10
Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten piece...
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11
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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12
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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13
Then Micah said, “Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
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