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This man Micah had his own shrine,[a] had crafted his own ephod and some household idols,[b] and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

Back in those days, Israel didn’t yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of[c] Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:5 Lit. own house of God
  2. Judges 17:5 Lit. and teraphim; i.e. images of pagan gods used in divination; and so throughout the book
  3. Judges 17:7 The Heb. lacks the territory of