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Judges 17
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1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.
2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.
3And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
4But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
5And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephodand theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
7And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
8And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
9And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find .
9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.
10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13And Michaias said , Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
13Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.