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Judges 17

CHAPTER 17 Micah Makes a Molten Image

1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, The thousand and hundred pieces of silver seized from you, and you adjured and said it in my ears -- behold, the silver is with me, I took it. And [²said ¹his mother], Being blessed is my son in the lord. 3 And he gave back the thousand and hundred pieces of silver to his mother. And [²said ¹his mother], By sanctification, I sanctified the silver to the lord out of my hand alone, to make a carving and molten image, and now I will give it back to you. 4 And he gave back the silver to his mother. Then [²took ¹his mother] two hundred of the pieces of silver, and gave them to the smelterer. And he made it into a carving and molten image. And it was in the house of Micah. 5 And the house of Micah was to him the house of God. And he made an ephod and teraphim. And he filled up the hand of one of his sons, and he became to him for a priest. 6 In those days there was not a king in Israel; a man [²upright ³in ⁴his own eyes ¹did].

A Levite Becomes Micah's Priest

7 And there was a young man from out of Beth-lehem Judah from the kin of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And [³went ¹the ²man] from the city of Beth-lehem Judah to sojourn where ever he should find. And he came unto mount Ephraim, and unto the house of Micah, making his way. 9 And [²said ³to him ¹Micah], From what place come you? And he said to him, [³a Levite ¹I ²am] from Beth-lehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where ever I should find. 10 And [²said ³to him ¹Micah], Sit down with me, and become to me as a father and as priest, and I will give to you ten silver pieces for days, and a pair of clothes, and the things for your means of life. 11 And [³went ¹the ²Levite], and he began to sojourn by the man. And [³became ¹the ²young man] to him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah filled up the hand of the Levite, and [³became ⁴to him ¹the ²young man] for a priest, and he was in the house of Micah. 13 And Micah said, Now I know that [²did good ³to me ¹the lord], for [³became ⁴to me ¹the ²Levite] for a priest.