Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:5

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5. the man Micah had an house of gods — Hebrew, "a house of God"—a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own. an ephod —(see on :- ). teraphim —tutelary gods of the household (see Genesis 31:19 and see on Genesis 31:19- : ). consecrated one of his sons who became his priest —The assumption of the priestly office by any one out of the family of Aaron was a direct violation of the divine law ( Numbers 3:10 ; Numbers 16:17 ; Deuteronomy 21:5 ; Hebrews 5:4 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jdg-17-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jdg-17-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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