Judges 17:3

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Summary

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

As for Micah, he kept saying, "Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have a descendant of Levi for a priest!"

They replied, "Go ask God, please, about whether or not we'll be successful in this journey."

"Whoever slaughters an ox is just like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb is just like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is just like one who offers pig's blood; and whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense is just like one who blesses an idol. Yes, these have chosen their own ways, and they take delight in their contaminated actions.

A graven image

"You are not to craft for yourselves an idol or anything resembling what is in the skies above, or on earth beneath, or in the water sources under the earth.

"You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

Tear down their altars, cut down their sacred poles, and burn them. Cut down the carved images of their gods to erase their memory from that place."

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

"To whom, then, will you compare me, the One who is God? Or to what image will you liken me?

Now, all the forming of images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they know nothing. So they will be put to shame.

For the practices of the people are worthless. Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest; it's the work of the hands of a craftsman with an ax.

"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image a teacher that lies because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

General references

All the people tore off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to him.