☀️ Judges 17

Judges 17 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.” Judges 17 opens with these words: “There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.” The line to keep is Judges 17:5: “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.” Carry the word “micah” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Judges 17:5: “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Judges 17? Then try this: Read “The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.