He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I personally consecrate(A) the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image and a silver idol.[a] I will give it back to you.” So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image and a silver idol, and it was in Micah’s house.

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols,(B) and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 Or image and a cast image, also in v. 4

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