Judges 17:1WEB
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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Judges 17:1WEB
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Judges 17:2WEB
He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that 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.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Judges 17:3WEB
He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Judges 17:4WEB
When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
Judges 17:5WEB
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 17:6WEB
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 17:7WEB
There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
Judges 17:8WEB
The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
Judges 17:9WEB
Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
Judges 17:10WEB
Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
Judges 17:11WEB
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Judges 17:12WEB
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Judges 17:13WEB
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.