Judges 17:3

Judges 17:3. For my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image— It is very plain, from the sequel, that the intention of this woman was, not to form any images of false gods to herself, but to make a representation of the tabernacle in Shiloh. She says, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto Jehovah; and therefore it has been reasonably conjectured by some, that these images, as well as the teraphim mentioned in the 5th verse, were made in imitation of the cherubim; the ephod being formed like that which God appointed for the priests, and the rest of this idolatrous preparation being designed to imitate the ark, with all its sacred furniture. See Spencer de Leg. Heb. lib. iii. c. 3. dissert. 7.