Micah stealeth money of his mother; then confesseth and restoreth it. She dedicates it to the Lord; maketh images: he sets them up in the house of his gods; and consecrates one of his sons for his priest; there being then no magistrates in Israel, 1-6. A Levite travelling that way, he hireth and consecrateth him to be his priest, 7-12; is confident that God would therefore favour and bless him, 13.
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Archibald Hall's Gospel Worship: 'Even the practice of Heathens and idolaters, who observed some sort of family-religion, and accordingly had their household gods, confirms the obligation upon Christians to worship and serve the only living and true God. Will they not blush, that Heathens should exceed them; and that they should be worse than infidels? Must they not tremble, lest Heathens should rise up in judgment against them, and condemn them? Laban had his family-gods, which Rachel stole from him, Genesis 31, and Micah had his, which the Danites took away, Judges 17-18. These indeed were but idols; but being substituted in the place of the true God, they received the homage of the family. The design of revealed trut…
Stephen Charnock's Attributes of God: 'Nor is every delight an argument of a spiritual service. All the requisites to worship must be taken in. A man may invent a worship and delight in it; as Micah in the adoration of his idol, when he was glad he had got both an Ephod and a Levite (Judges 17). As a man may have a contentment in sin, so he may have a contentment in worship; not because it is a worship of God, but the worship of his own invention, agreeable to his own humor and design, as (Isaiah 58:2) it is said, they "delighted in approaching to God;" but it was for carnal ends. Novelty engenders complacency; but it mus…
Matthew Henry: 'All agree that what is related in this and the rest of the chapters to the end of this book was not done, as the narrative occurs, after Samson, but long before, even soon after the death of Joshua, in the days of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, Judges 20:28. But it is cast here into the latter part of the book that it might not interrupt the history of the Judges. That it might appear how happy the nation was in the judges it is here shown how unhappy they were when there was none. I. Then idolatry began in the family of Micah, Judges 17. II. Then it spread itself into the tribe of Dan, Judge…
There is no Hebrew this morning. However, if you are looking for a good way to maintain your Hebrew (and even improve), it is a good time to begin following. We are beginning a new narrative. The author reaches back in time as the Book of Judges reaches its literary climax.