Cross references

Judges 17:5

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

Judges 17:5 BSB
  1. a Hebrew filled the hand of; also in verse 12

Judges 17:5 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 31:19 (5 votes) and Genesis 31:30 (5 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 31 to Hebrews 5.

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Which verses does Judges 17:5 point to?

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  1. Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

  2. Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

  3. From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

  4. Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

  5. He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

  6. Hosea 3:44 votes

    For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

  7. You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

  8. Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

  9. No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

  10. Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

  11. Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

  12. Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

  13. Ezra 1:72 votes
  14. Hosea 8:142 votes

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