Judges 17:12

17:12 Micah paid ¹  the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.

Judges 17:5

17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ²  He made an ephod ³  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ⁴ 

[17:12]  ¹ tn Heb “filled the hand of.”

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “house of God.”

[17:5]  ³ sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

[17:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”