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He returned the eleven hundred pieces[a] of silver to his mother, and his mother thought, “I will certainly consecrate to Yahweh the pieces[b] of silver from my hand for my son to make an idol of cast metal; now then, I will return them[c] to you.” When he returned the pieces[d] of silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces[e] of silver, and she gave it to the smith, and he made it into an idol of cast metal; and it was in the house of Micah. The man Micah had for himself a shrine,[f] and he made an ephod and teraphim, and he appointed one of his sons[g] who became a priest for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:3 Hebrew “piece”
  2. Judges 17:3 Hebrew “piece”
  3. Judges 17:3 Hebrew “it”
  4. Judges 17:4 Hebrew “piece”
  5. Judges 17:4 Hebrew “piece”
  6. Judges 17:5 Literally “a house of god”
  7. Judges 17:5 Literally “he filled the hand of one of his sons”