Verse 5
Judges 17:5
American Standard Version
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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.
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
And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about...
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And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily d...
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And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and...
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And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of hi...
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he...
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And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a pla...
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And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah...
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee t...
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah...
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Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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