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Judges 17:5

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.
Judges 17:5 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • 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.

    WEB

  • 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;

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

    WBT

  • 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.

    BSB

In context

3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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People in this verse

  • Micah

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