Context 5And 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. 6In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. 7Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there. 8Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. 9Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place. 10Micah then said to him, Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance. So the Levite went in. 11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. 12So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. 13Then Micah said, Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd 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. Douay-Rheims Bible And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest. Darby Bible Translation And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest. English Revised Version And the man Micah had an house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. 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; Library And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster … Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament A Nation's Struggle for a Home and Freedom. Letter xxix. To Marcella. The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3 The Fifth Commandment Judges Links Judges 17:5 NIV • Judges 17:5 NLT • Judges 17:5 ESV • Judges 17:5 NASB • Judges 17:5 KJV • Judges 17:5 Bible Apps • Judges 17:5 Parallel • Bible Hub |