Bible, King James Version
Judges
Judg.17
[1] And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was
Micah.
[2] And 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.
[3] And 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.
[4] Yet 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.
[5] And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an
ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became
his priest.
[6] In those days there was no king in Israel, but every
man did that which was right in his own eyes.
[7] And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the
family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
[8] And the man departed out of the city from
Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he
came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
[9] And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he
said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to
sojourn where I may find a place.
[10] And 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.
[11] And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and
the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
[12] And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man
became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
[13] Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me
good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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