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Selected Verse: Judges 17:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 17:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And the man [0376] Micah [04318] had an house [01004] of gods [0430], and made [06213] an ephod [0646], and teraphim [08655], and consecrated [04390] [03027] one [0259] of his sons [01121], who became his priest [03548]. |
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King James |
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the man Micah had an house of gods--Hebrew, "a house of God"--a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own.
an ephod--(see on Exo 28:6).
teraphim--tutelary gods of the household (see Gen 31:19 and see on Gen 31:26).
consecrated one of his sons who became his priest--The assumption of the priestly office by any one out of the family of Aaron was a direct violation of the divine law (Num 3:10; Num 16:17; Deu 21:5; Heb 5:4). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Of gods - That is, an house consecrated for the service of God in this manner. Teraphim - A sort of images so called. One of his sons - Because the Levites in that corrupt estate of the church, neglected the exercise of their office, and therefore they were neglected by the people, and others put into their employment. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The man Micah had a house of gods - בית אלהים beith Elohim should, I think, be translated house or temple of God; for it is very likely that both the mother and the son intended no more than a private or domestic chapel, in which they proposed to set up the worship of the true God.
Made an ephod - Perhaps the whole of this case may be stated thus: Micah built a house of God - a chapel in imitation of the sanctuary; he made a graven image representing the ark, a molten image to represent the mercy-seat, teraphim to represent the cherubim above the mercy-seat, and an ephod in imitation of the sacerdotal garments; and he consecrated one of his sons to be priest. Thus gross idolatry was not the crime of Micah; he only set up in his own house an epitome of the Divine worship as performed at Shiloh. What the teraphim were, see the note on Gen 31:19; for the ephod, see the note on Exo 25:7; and for the sacerdotal vestments in general, see the note on Exo 28:4, etc.
Who became his priest - כהן cohen, which the Targum translates chumera. The word כהן cohen is the common name in Hebrew for a priest of the true God; but sometimes it is applied to idolatrous priests. When it is to be understood in the former sense, the Targum renders it cahen; when in the latter, it uses the word כומרא chumera, by which it always understands an idolatrous priest. But that this was not a case of idolatry, and that the true God was worshipped here, is evident from the word Jehovah being used, Jdg 17:4, and oracular answers being given at this house, as we see from Jdg 18:6, etc. |
4 And [2532] no [3756] man [5100] taketh [2983] this honour [5092] unto himself [1438], but [235] he that is called [2564] of [5259] God [2316], as [2509] [2532] was Aaron [2].
5 And the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878] shall come near [05066]; for them the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] to minister [08334] unto him, and to bless [01288] in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068]; and by their word [06310] shall every controversy [07379] and every stroke [05061] be tried:
17 And take [03947] every man [0376] his censer [04289], and put [05414] incense [07004] in them, and bring [07126] ye before [06440] the LORD [03068] every man [0376] his censer [04289], two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] censers [04289]; thou also, and Aaron [0175], each [0376] of you his censer [04289].
10 And thou shalt appoint [06485] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and they shall wait on [08104] their priest's office [03550]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
26 And Laban [03837] said [0559] to Jacob [03290], What hast thou done [06213], that thou hast stolen away [01589] unawares [03824] to me, and carried away [05090] my daughters [01323], as captives [07617] taken with the sword [02719]?
19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].
6 And they shall make [06213] the ephod [0646] of gold [02091], of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], of scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336], with cunning [02803] work [04639].
6 And the priest [03548] said [0559] unto them, Go [03212] in peace [07965]: before [05227] the LORD [03068] is your way [01870] wherein ye go [03212].
4 Yet he restored [07725] the money [03701] unto his mother [0517]; and his mother [0517] took [03947] two hundred [03967] shekels of silver [03701], and gave [05414] them to the founder [06884], who made [06213] thereof a graven image [06459] and a molten image [04541]: and they were in the house [01004] of Micah [04321].
4 And these are the garments [0899] which they shall make [06213]; a breastplate [02833], and an ephod [0646], and a robe [04598], and a broidered [08665] coat [03801], a mitre [04701], and a girdle [073]: and they shall make [06213] holy [06944] garments [0899] for Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], and his sons [01121], that he may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].
7 Onyx [07718] stones [068], and stones [068] to be set [04394] in the ephod [0646], and in the breastplate [02833].
19 And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].