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

Micah said, "Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest."

They said to him, "Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission."

The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig's blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices.

A graven image

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

General references

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