Judges 17:5

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 

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ⁴  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ⁵  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ⁶ 

Judges 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ⁷ 

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “house of God.”

[17:5]  ² sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

[17:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”

[17:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “do good for me.”

[18:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

[18:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

[18:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”