Hakim-hakim 17:4-5

17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she ¹  took two hundred pieces of silver ²  to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. ³  17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ⁴  He made an ephod ⁵  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 18:14-24

18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish ⁷  said to their kinsmen, ⁸  “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.” 18:15 They stopped ⁹  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ¹⁰  and asked him how he was doing. ¹¹  18:16 Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate. ¹²  18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole ¹³  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. ¹⁴  18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ¹⁵  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” 18:19 They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser ¹⁶  and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?” ¹⁷  18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ¹⁸ 

18:21 They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions. ¹⁹  18:22 After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors ²⁰  gathered together and caught up with the Danites. 18:23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites ²¹  turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?” 18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ²² 

Hakim-hakim 18:31

18:31 They worshiped ²³  Micah’s carved image ²⁴  the whole time God’s authorized shrine ²⁵  was in Shiloh.

[17:4]  ¹ tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.

[17:4]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:4]  ³ tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”

[17:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “house of God.”

[17:5]  ⁵ sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

[17:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”

[18:14]  ⁷ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”

[18:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[18:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

[18:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

[18:16]  ¹² tn Heb “And the six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war…from the sons of Dan.”

[18:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”

[18:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”

[18:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

[18:19]  ¹⁶ tn See the note on the word “adviser” in 17:10.

[18:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man or for you to be priest for a tribe, for a clan in Israel?”

[18:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

[18:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “They turned and went and put the children, the cattle, and the possessions in front of them.”

[18:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house.”

[18:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:24]  ²² tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”

[18:31]  ²³ tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

[18:31]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

[18:31]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the house of God.”