Micah’s mother offered something to God, but her offering to God was mixed with the leaven of idolatry (cf. Matt. 13:33 and notes).
cf. Exo. 20:4
Micah’s mother offered something to God, but her offering to God was mixed with the leaven of idolatry (cf. Matt. 13:33 and notes).
cf. Isa. 46:6
The house of Micah as a house of gods, with its idols (as replacements of Christ), its ephod (representing the authority of God), and its hired priest (representing the clergy-laity system — vv. 7-13 see note Rev. 2:61a), portrays the chaotic situation related to the worship of God among Christians today.
Judg. 8:27; 18:14, 17; cf. Exo. 28:6-35
Lit., filled the hands of. So also in v. 12.
In their degradation Israel became chaotic in three ways: in government, in worship, and in morality. Although God’s tabernacle was at Shiloh (Judg. 18:31) and the high priest had the Urim and Thummim (see note Exo. 28:301 in ), there was no government, no administration, in Israel because Israel had annulled God and His status as their King (cf. 1 Sam. 8). Therefore, the children of Israel did what was right in their own eyes, and as a result they became rotten and corrupted. See note Judg. 1:11.
Num. 16:8-10; cf. 1 Kings 12:31; 13:33