Hakim-hakim 17:4-5
Konteks17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she 1 took two hundred pieces of silver 2 to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. 3 17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. 4 He made an ephod 5 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. 6
Hakim-hakim 17:10-13
Konteks17:10 Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser 7 and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.” 8 17:11 So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. 9 17:12 Micah paid 10 the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house. 17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, 11 because I have this Levite as my priest.”
Hakim-hakim 18:4
Konteks18:4 He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, 12 “He hired me and I became his priest.”
Hakim-hakim 18:6
Konteks18:6 The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. 13 The Lord will be with you on your mission.” 14
Hakim-hakim 18:15
Konteks18:15 They stopped 15 there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), 16 and asked him how he was doing. 17
Hakim-hakim 18:17-20
Konteks18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole 18 the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. 19 18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole 20 the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” 18:19 They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser 21 and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?” 22 18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. 23
Hakim-hakim 18:24
Konteks18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” 24
Hakim-hakim 18:27
Konteks18:27 Now the Danites 25 took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. 26
Hakim-hakim 18:30
Konteks18:30 The Danites worshiped 27 the carved image. Jonathan, descendant 28 of Gershom, son of Moses, 29 and his descendants 30 served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.
Hakim-hakim 20:27-28
Konteks20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days; 20:28 Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord 31 in those days), “Should we 32 once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, 33 or should we 34 quit?” The Lord said, “Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them 35 over to you.”
[17:4] 1 tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.
[17:4] 2 tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[17:4] 3 tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”
[17:5] 4 tn Heb “house of God.”
[17:5] 5 sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).
[17:5] 6 tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”
[17:10] 7 tn Heb “father.” “Father” is here a title of honor that suggests the priest will give advice and protect the interests of the family, primarily by divining God’s will in matters, perhaps through the use of the ephod. (See R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 257; also Gen 45:8, where Joseph, who was a diviner and interpreter of dreams, is called Pharaoh’s “father,” and 2 Kgs 6:21; 13:14, where a prophet is referred to as a “father.” Note also 2 Kgs 8:9, where a king identifies himself as a prophet’s “son.” One of a prophet’s main functions was to communicate divine oracles. Cf. 2 Kgs 8:9ff.; 13:14-19).
[17:10] 8 tn The Hebrew text expands with the phrase: “and the Levite went.” This only makes sense if taken with “to live” in the next verse. Apparently “the Levite went” and “the Levite agreed” are alternative readings which have been juxtaposed in the text.
[17:11] 9 tn Heb “the young man became like one of his sons.”
[17:12] 10 tn Heb “filled the hand of.”
[17:13] 11 tn Heb “do good for me.”
[18:4] 12 tn Heb “He said to them, ‘Such and such Micah has done for me.’” Though the statement is introduced and presented, at least in part, as a direct quotation (note especially “for me”), the phrase “such and such” appears to be the narrator’s condensed version of what the Levite really said.
[18:6] 14 tn Heb “In front of the LORD is your way in which you are going.”
[18:15] 15 tn Heb “turned aside.”
[18:15] 16 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
[18:15] 17 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
[18:17] 18 tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”
[18:17] 19 tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”
[18:18] 20 tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”
[18:19] 21 tn See the note on the word “adviser” in 17:10.
[18:19] 22 tn Heb “Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man or for you to be priest for a tribe, for a clan in Israel?”
[18:20] 23 tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”
[18:24] 24 tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”
[18:27] 25 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:27] 26 tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.
[18:30] 27 tn Heb “erected for themselves.”
[18:30] 29 tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX
[20:28] 31 tn Heb “standing before him.”
[20:28] 32 tn Heb “I” (collective singular).
[20:28] 33 tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).
