Judges 18:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.”

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BSBPD

“So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So they set them up Micah’s graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 18:31 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
  2. Judges 19:18The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
  3. Judges 21:21and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:3Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
  5. 1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  6. Jeremiah 7:12But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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