Judges 18:20 “So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and th…”

Judges 18:20

So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

World English Bible

The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.

American Standard Version

And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.

Darby Translation

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

Young's Literal Translation

And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

Bible in Basic English

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

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Cross references

“heart”

Isaiah 56:11 Judges 17:10 Proverbs 30:15 Ezekiel 13:19 Hosea 4:3 Acts 20:33

Isaiah 56:11 · BSB

Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

Judges 17:10 · BSB

“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

Proverbs 30:15 · BSB

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Hosea 4:3 · BSB

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Acts 20:33 · BSB

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

21Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.

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