17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. 1 He made an ephod 2 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. 3 17:6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. 4
1 tnHeb “house of God.”
2 sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).
3 tnHeb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”
4 tnHeb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”