A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL
Text: Judges 17
A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL
1. There was no king Judges 17:6a
2. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes Judges 17:6b
THE FAMILY OF MICAH
1. A man from the mountain of Ephraim Judges 17:1
2. A woman’s money
a) 1100 shekels of silver
b) This was stolen
c) She placed a curse on the money that had been stolen
3. Confession of Micah
a) He had stolen the money
b) He had heard the mother placing a curse on the money
c) Out of fear he returned the money to the mother
4. The mother’s words to Micah
a) “May you be blessed by the LORD, my son” Judges 17:2c
b) “I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son,
To make a carved image; now therefore I will return it to you.” Judges 17:3
i) Changed tune completely
ii) Curse withdrawn
iii) Pronouncement of blessing instead
iv) Money was dedicated to the Lord
v) It was to make a carved image by the son
IDOLTARY PERPETRATED
1. Micah made a shrine Judges 17:5a
2. Made an ephod (garment of the priests) Judges 17:5b
3. Had a household of idols Judges 17:5c
4. Consecrated his son for the priesthood Judges 17:5d
SERIOUS VIOLATION OF GOD’S LAWS
1. Concerning Carved Images
Exodus 20: 1-17
2. Concerning the priestly garments
Exodus 28:1-14, 31-43
3. Concerning the priesthood
Leviticus 22; Numbers 25 (Phinehas)
4. Concerning the Levites
Numbers 18