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Judges 17:5

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17:5Now this man Micah owned a shrine.11 He made an ephod12 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.13

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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “house of God.”
  2. 12 Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4–6).
  3. 13 Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

NLTNew Living Translation

Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The man Micah had for himself a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and he appointed one of his sons who became a priest for him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.