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 17:8-9

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. ⁴  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.” ⁵ 

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ⁶  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ⁷  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:26

18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized ⁸  they were too strong to resist, ⁹  he turned around and went home.

Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped ¹⁰  Micah’s carved image ¹¹  the whole time God’s authorized shrine ¹²  was in Shiloh.

[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.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”

[17:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do good for me.”

[18:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

[18:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “saw.”

[18:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”

[18:31]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

[18:31]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

[18:31]  ²¹ tn Heb “the house of God.”