KJV King James Version
And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 18:20
And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
WEB World English Bible
The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.
ASV American Standard Version
And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,
Surrounding context — Judges 18
17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, [and] came in thither, [and] took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men [that were] appointed with weapons of war.
18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
22 [And] when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that [were] in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
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וַיִּיטַב֙H3190 · ya.tavbe goodלֵ֣בH3820 · levheartהַכֹּהֵ֔ןH3548 · ko.henpriestוַיִּקַּח֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹדH646 · e.phodephodוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַתְּרָפִ֖יםH8655 · te.ra.phimteraphimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַפָּ֑סֶלH6459 · pe.selidolוַיָּבֹ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeבְּקֶ֥רֶבH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongהָעָֽם׃H5971 · ampeople
Cross-references
Isaiah 56:11Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.Ezekiel 13:19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.Judges 17:10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.Proverbs 30:15The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:2 Peter 2:15-16Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;Acts 20:33I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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