Judges 17:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 17:5

3 So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son, to ^amake a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you.”

4 Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother ^atook two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.

5 The man Micah had a ^ashrine, and made an ^bephod and ^chousehold idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6 ^aIn those days there was no king in Israel; ^beveryone did what was right in his own eyes.

7 Now there was a young man from ^aBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and ^bwas staying there.

8 The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Verse Comparison: Judges 17:5

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Contemporary English Version
He had a shrine for worshiping God there at his home, and he had made some idols and a sacred priestly vest. Micah chose one of his own sons to be the priest for his shrine.

Darby English Version
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Good News Bible
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.

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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

New International Version
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.

New King James Version
The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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.

Revised Standard Version
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

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