Judges 17:3

Easy To Read Version

Micah gave the 28 pounds [125] 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 he can make a statue and cover it with the silver. So now, son, I give the silver back to you.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh also made a statue of an idol and put it in God’s temple—the very same temple that God had talked about to David and his son Solomon. God had said, “I will put my name in this house and in Jerusalem—the city that I chose from \{all the cities in\} all the family groups—\{and my name will be there\} forever!

Exodus 20:23

So you must not make idols using gold or silver to compete with me. You must not make these false gods.

Exodus 20:4

“You must not make any idols. [124] Don’t make any statues or pictures of anything up in the sky or of anything on the earth or of anything down in the water.

Exodus 34:17

“Don’t make idols. [345]

Isaiah 30:22

You have statues covered with silver and gold. Those false gods have made you dirty (sinful). But you will stop serving those false gods. You will throw away those gods like waste and dirty rags. {\cf2\super [280]}

Isaiah 66:3

Some people kill bulls \{as a sacrifice\},\par but they also beat people.\par Those people kill sheep as a sacrifice,\par but they also break the necks of dogs!\par Those people offer up grain offerings,\par but they also offer the blood of pigs! {\cf2\super [475]} \par Those people burn incense, {\cf2\super [476]} \par but they also love their worthless idols. {\cf2\super [477]} \par Those people choose their own ways.\par And they also love their terrible idols.\par

Jeremiah 10:8

All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish.\par Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.\par

Leviticus 19:4

“Don’t worship idols. [335] Don’t make melted statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God!

John 16:2

People will make you leave their synagogues. {\cf2\super [222]} Yes, a time is coming when people will think that killing you would be doing service for God.

Deuteronomy 12:3

You must smash their altars [71] and break their stone memorials [72] into pieces. You must burn their Asherah poles [73] and cut down the statues of their gods.

Deuteronomy 27:15

‘Cursed is the person that makes a false god and puts it in its secret place. Those false gods are only statues that some worker makes from wood, stone or metal. The Lord hates those things!’

Judges 17:13

And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I know this because I have a man from the family group of Levi to be my priest.”

Judges 17:2

Micah said to his mother, “Do you remember that someone stole 28 pounds [124] of silver from you. I heard you say a curse about that. Well, I have the silver. I took it.”

Judges 17:4

But Micah gave the silver back to his mother. So she took about 5 pounds [126] of the silver and gave them to a silversmith. [127] The silversmith used the silver to make a statue covered with silver. The statue was put in Micah’s house.

Judges 18:30

The people of the family group of Dan set up the idol in the city of Dan. They made Jonathan son of Gershom their priest. Gershom was the son of Moses. [140] Jonathan and his sons were priests for the family group of Dan until the time when the Israelite people were taken into captivity.

Judges 18:5

So they said to him, “Please ask God something for us. We want to know something: Will our search for a place to live be successful?”