Judges 17

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 17 of 21

¹ And there was a man of the hills of Ephraim, and his name was Micah.

² And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, and you uttered a curse, even also speaking in my ear; behold, the silver is with me. I have taken it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son by Jehovah.

³ And he gave back the eleven hundred silver pieces to his mother. And his mother said, I have wholly consecrated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image. And now, I am returning it to you.

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Chapter Summary

Of the money that Micah first stole, he returned; his mother makes idols, and the ornaments for them. 7 He hires a Levite to be his priest.

Key Hebrew Words

כֶּ֫סֶף silver H3701 · TWOT 1015a

פֶּ֫סֶל graven image H6459 · TWOT 1788a

מַסֵּכָה molten image H4541 · TWOT 1375c

אֵפוֹד ephod H646 · TWOT 142.1a

תְּרָפִים household idols H8655 · TWOT 2545

כֹּהֵן priest H3548 · TWOT 959a

People & Context

Micah

A man of the hills of Ephraim who built a shrine of idols and hired a Levite as his priest

Micah's mother

She consecrated the recovered silver to Jehovah and had it cast into a graven and molten image

The young Levite

A Levite of Bethlehem-judah who settled with Micah to serve as his father and priest

Timeline

Micah Confesses to Theft

Micah of Ephraim confesses to his mother that he took her eleven hundred pieces of silver. His mother blesses him.

Judges 17:1-2

Micah's Mother Consecrates Silver

Micah returns the silver. His mother consecrates it to Jehovah and gives two hundred pieces to a refiner to make a graven and a molten image.

Judges 17:3-4

Micah Creates a House of Gods

Micah places the images in his house, makes an ephod and household idols, and consecrates one of his sons to be a priest.

Judges 17:5-6

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