Judges 17:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Micah returned the silver to his mother, and she said, “I give this silver to the LORD, so my son can use it to make an idol.” Turning to her son, she said, “Micah, now the silver belongs to you.” But Micah handed it back to his mother. She took two hundred pieces of the silver and gave them to a silver worker, who made them into an idol. They kept the idol in Micah's house.

Cross References

Exodus 20:23

So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.

Exodus 20:4

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the sea under the earth.

Exodus 34:17

Don't make metal images of gods.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like rubbish; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

Isaiah 66:3

You sacrifice oxen to me, and you commit murder; you sacrifice lambs to me and dogs to other gods; you offer grain to me and pigs' blood to idols; you burn incense to me and praise your idols. You have made your own choice to do these disgusting things that you enjoy so much.

Jeremiah 10:8

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

John 16:2

You will be chased out of the Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favour.

Deuteronomy 12:3

Wherever these nations worship their gods, you must tear down their altars, break their sacred stones, burn the sacred poles used in worshipping the goddess Asherah, and smash their idols to pieces. Destroy these places of worship so completely that no one will remember they were ever there.

Judges 17:13

Micah said, “I have a Levite as my own priest. Now I know that the LORD will be kind to me.”

Judges 17:2

One day he told his mother, “Do you remember those eleven hundred pieces of silver that were stolen from you? I was there when you put a curse on whoever stole them. Well, I'm the one who did it.” His mother answered, “I pray that the LORD will bless you, my son.”

Judges 18:30

Even though the place of worship was in Shiloh, the people of Dan set up the idol Micah had made. They worshipped the idol, and the Levite was their priest. His name was Jonathan, and he was a descendant of Gershom the son of Moses. His descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan, until the people of Israel were taken away as prisoners by their enemies.

Judges 18:5

“Please talk to God for us,” the men said. “Ask God if we will be successful in what we are trying to do.”