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Text -- Judges 17:1-11 (NET)
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Micah Makes His Own Religion
17:1 There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country .
17:2 He said to his mother , “You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you , about which I heard you pronounce a curse ? Look here, I have the silver . I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said , “May the Lord reward you, my son !”
17:3 When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver , his mother said , “I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord . It will be for my son’s benefit . We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image .”
17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother , she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith , who made them into a carved image and a metal image . She then put them in Micah’s house .
17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine . He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest .
17:6 In those days Israel had no king . Each man did what he considered to be right .
Micah Hires a Professional
17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah . He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah .
17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live . He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house .
17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied , “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah . I am looking for a new place to live .”
17:10 Micah said to him, “Stay with me . Become my adviser and priest . I will give you ten pieces of silver per year , plus clothes and food.”
17:11 So the Levite agreed to stay with the man ; the young man was like a son to Micah.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Bethlehem |
Teraphim |
MICAH |
JONATHAN (1) |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 2 |
JUDGES, PERIOD OF |
MICAH (1) |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Jonathan |
Minister |
GENESIS, 4 |
EPHOD (1) |
NAMES, PROPER |
PIECE OF SILVER |
Idol |
Father |
Vows |
IMAGES |
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NET Notes: Jdg 17:3 Heb “to the LORD from my hand for my son to make a carved image and cast metal image.” She cannot mean that she is now taking the money fr...
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NET Notes: Jdg 17:7 Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”
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NET Notes: Jdg 17:10 The Hebrew text expands with the phrase: “and the Levite went.” This only makes sense if taken with “to live” in the next vers...
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