Judges 18:20
18 When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
21 Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
22 After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
- KJV
- And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
- WEB
- The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
- ASV
- And the priest`s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
- DARBY
- Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
- BLB
- And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the carved image, and took his place among the people.
- ÅB
- Da ble presten vel til mote; han tok livkjortelen og husgudene og det utskårne bilde og gav seg i lag med folkene.
- OTB
- Presten ble glad. Han tok efoden, husgudene og det utskårne bildet og gikk med folket.
- B1930
- Da blev presten vel til mote; han tok livkjortelen og husgudene og det utskårne billede og gav sig i lag med folkene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 56:11
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Read in contextEzekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Read in contextHosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
Read in context2 Peter 2:15–16
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Read in contextActs 20:33
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
Read in contextProverbs 30:15
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Read in contextJudges 17:10
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
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