1. Judges 18:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why is the word “houses” important?

Judges 18:14 (ESV)

14 Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.”

This reference to a plurality of houses confirms that Micah’s house (Judges 18:2, Judges 18:3, Judges 18:13) is actually a number of buildings rather than an isolated structure.