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Judges 17:5

Judges 17:5

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an house of gods: or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "a house of God." Judges 18:24; Genesis 31:30; Ezra 1:7; Hosea 8:14

ephod: Judges 8:27, Judges 18:14; Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:15; 1 Samuel 23:6

teraphim: Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:30 *marg. Hosea 3:4

consecrated: Heb. filled the hand, Exodus 29:9; 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33-34; Hebrews 5:4

his sons: Exodus 24:5

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