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| 17 | Judges |
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There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. | MICAH. Jdg.17.1-13 |
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And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by Yahweh." | |
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And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I consecrate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you." | |
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So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah. | |
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And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest. | |
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In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. | |
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Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. | |
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And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. | |
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And Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place." | |
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And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living." | |
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons. | |
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And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. | |
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Then Micah said, "Now I know that Yahweh will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest." | |
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