Judges 17:3

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Judges 17:3

He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I personally consecrate the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image overlaid with silver.”

Exodus 20:4

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 20:23

You must not make gods of silver to rival Me; you must not make gods of gold for yourselves.

Leviticus 19:4

Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am Yahweh your God.

Exodus 34:17

“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Judges 17:13

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Judges 18:5

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God so we will know if we will have a successful journey.”

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Isaiah 40:18-25

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?

Isaiah 44:9-20

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

Jeremiah 10:3-5

for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

John 16:2

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

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Summary

Judges 17:3

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

I had wholly

Judges 17:13

Judges 18:5

Isaiah 66:3

A graven image

General references

Exodus 32:3

Bible References

I had wholly

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God so we will know if we will have a successful journey.”

A graven image

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am Yahweh your God.

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

General references

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.