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Judges 17:5

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.

KJV

Qui ædiculam quoque in ea deo separavit, et fecit ephod, et theraphim, id est, vestem sacerdotalem, et idola : implevitque unius filiorum suorum manum, et factus est ei sacerdos.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁ οἶκος Μειχαία αὐτῷ οἶκος θεοῦ· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐφὼδ καὶ θαραφείν, καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα ἀπὸ ἑνὸς υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ εἰς ἱερέα.

LXX

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

ASV

וְ/הָ/אִ֣ישׁ מִיכָ֔ה ל֖/וֹ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ אֵפוֹד֙ וּ/תְרָפִ֔ים וַ/יְמַלֵּ֗א אֶת יַ֤ד אַחַד֙ מִ/בָּנָ֔י/ו וַ/יְהִי ל֖/וֹ לְ/כֹהֵֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵפֹ֖ד
'pd
noun · 49×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
מִיכָ֔ה
mykh
proper_noun · 34×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
תְּרָפִ֖ים
trpym
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 28:15 — And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou
  • Exod 29:9 — And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
  • Ezek 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Gen 31:19 — And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
  • Gen 31:30 — And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
  • Heb 5:4 — And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
  • Hos 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
  • Hos 3:4 — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
  • Judg 8:27 — And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
  • Judg 8:27 — And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
  • Judg 18:14 — Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten im
  • Judg 18:14 — Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten im
  • Judg 18:24 — And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
  • Judg 18:30 — And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.