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Micah gave the 28 pounds of silver back to his mother. Then she said, “I will give this silver as a special gift to the Lord. I will give it to my son so that he can make a statue and cover it with the silver. So now, son, I give the silver back to you.”

But Micah gave the silver back to his mother. So she took about 5 pounds[a] of the silver and gave them to a silversmith.[b] He used the silver to make a statue covered with silver. The statue was put in Micah’s house. Micah had a temple for worshiping idols. He made an ephod[c] and some house idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:4 about 5 pounds Literally, “200 shekels” (2.3 kg).
  2. Judges 17:4 silversmith A person who makes things from silver.
  3. Judges 17:5 ephod This may have been a special vest or coat like that worn by the high priest (see Ex. 28:2-14), or it may have been a kind of idol. Also in 18:14.

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