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x.vii.xvii-p4.5

x.vii.xvii-p4.590 words

5. the man Micah had an house of godsHebrew, "a house of God"—a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own.

an ephod—(see on Ex 28:6).

teraphim—tutelary gods of the household (see Ge 31:19 and see on Ge 31:26).

consecrated one of his sons who became his priest—The assumption of the priestly office by any one out of the family of Aaron was a direct violation of the divine law (Nu 3:10; 16:17; De 21:5; Heb 5:4).