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When Micah returned the silver to his mother, she took 200 pieces of the silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made a carved idol and a metal idol. Both were placed in Micah’s home. Micah owned a house of Elohim. He also made an ephod[a] and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest. In those days Israel didn’t have a king. Everyone did whatever he considered right.

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  1. Judges 17:5 Ephod is a technical term for a part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.

So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[a] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(A) And it was put in Micah’s house.

Now this man Micah had a shrine,(B) and he made an ephod(C) and some household gods(D) and installed(E) one of his sons as his priest.(F) In those days Israel had no king;(G) everyone did as they saw fit.(H)

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  1. Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms