19 Laban had gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stole the [a](A)household idols that were her father’s.

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  1. Genesis 31:19 Heb teraphim

34 Now Rachel had taken the [a]household idols and put them in the camel’s saddlebag, and she sat on them. So Laban searched through all the tent, but did not find them.

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  1. Genesis 31:34 Heb teraphim

34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods(A) and put them inside her camel’s saddle(B) and was sitting on them. Laban searched(C) through everything in the tent but found nothing.

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And the man Micah had a [a](A)shrine and he made an (B)ephod and [b](C)household idols, and [c]consecrated one of his sons, (D)so that he might become his priest.

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  1. Judges 17:5 Lit house of gods
  2. Judges 17:5 Heb teraphim
  3. Judges 17:5 Lit filled the hand of

Now this man Micah had a shrine,(A) and he made an ephod(B) and some household gods(C) and installed(D) one of his sons as his priest.(E)

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Danites Take Micah’s Idols

14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish [a]said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses (A)an ephod and [b]household idols, and a carved image and a cast metal image? Now then, consider what you should do.”

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  1. Judges 18:14 Lit answered and said
  2. Judges 18:14 Heb teraphim

14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(A) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(B) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(C) Now you know what to do.”

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17 Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there; they took (A)the carved image, the ephod, the [a]household idols, and the cast metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

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  1. Judges 18:17 Heb teraphim

17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(A) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(B) stood at the entrance of the gate.

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23 For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of (A)divination,
And insubordination is as reprehensible as (B)false religion and idolatry.
Since you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)He has also rejected you from being king.”

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23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(A)
    and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(B) the word of the Lord,
    he has rejected you as king.”

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