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Judges 18:20

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.

KJV

Quod cum audisset, acquievit sermonibus eorum, et tulit ephod, et idola, ac sculptile, et profectus est cum eis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἠγαθύνθη ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸ ἐφὼδ καὶ τὸ θεραφεὶν καὶ τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּיטַב֙ לֵ֣ב הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן וַ/יִּקַּח֙ אֶת הָ֣/אֵפ֔וֹד וְ/אֶת הַ/תְּרָפִ֖ים וְ/אֶת הַ/פָּ֑סֶל וַ/יָּבֹ֖א בְּ/קֶ֥רֶב הָ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵפֹ֖ד
'pd
noun · 49×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִיטַ֥ב
yytb
verb · 111×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
פָּ֑סֶל
psl
noun · 30×
תְּרָפִ֖ים
trpym
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Isa 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.