Judges 18:30
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And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.

set up

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

Leviticus 26:1 I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:2-7 When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant, . . .

Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 31:16,29 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people rising up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the land, to which it goeth in to dwell: there will they forsake me, and will make void the covenant, which I have made with them, . . .

Judges 18:30 And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.

Psalm 105:44,45 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people: . . .

Judges 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

1 Samuel 4:2,3,10,11 And put their army in array against Israel. And when they had joined battle, Israel turned their backs to the Philistines: and there were slain in that fight, here and there in the fields, about four thousand men. . . .

Psalm 78:60-62 And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men. . . .

the land.

Context
The Danites Take Micah's Idols
29Calling the name of the city Dan, after the name of their father, who was the son of Israel, which before was called Lais. 30And they set up to themselves the graven idol, and Jonathan the son of Gersam, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests in the tribe of Dan, until the day of their captivity.31And the idol of Michas remained with them all the time that the house of God was in Silo. In those days there was no king in Israel.…
Cross References
Exodus 2:22
And she bore him a son, whom he called Gersam, saying: I have been a stranger in a foreign country. And she bore another, whom he called Eliezer, saying: For the God of my father, my helper, hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

Judges 17:3
So he restored them to his mother, who said to him: I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, that my son may receive it at my hand, and make a graven and a molten god; so now I deliver it to thee.

Judges 17:5
And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

Lexicon
The Danites
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

set up
וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ (way·yā·qî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

idols
הַפָּ֑סֶל (hap·pā·sel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6459: An idol, image

for themselves,
לָהֶ֛ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

and Jonathan
וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן (wî·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3129: Jonathan

son of
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Gershom,
גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם (gê·rə·šōm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1647: Gershom -- three Israelites

the son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Moses,
מְנַ‪‬שֶּׁ֜ה (mə·naš·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites

and his sons
וּבָנָ֗יו (ū·ḇā·nāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

were
הָי֤וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

priests
כֹהֲנִים֙ (ḵō·hă·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

for the tribe
לְשֵׁ֣בֶט (lə·šê·ḇeṭ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of Dan
הַדָּנִ֔י (had·dā·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1839: Danites -- descendant of Dan

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the day
י֖וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of the captivity
גְּל֥וֹת (gə·lō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

of the land.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.

And the children of Dan set up the graven image; and Jehonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses; he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of the people of the land.
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