Judg 17
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Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken
from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears,
behold, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son
of the LORD.'
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And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother
said: 'I verily dedicate 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.'
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And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces
of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof 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 house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated
one of his sons, who became his priest.
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In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his
own eyes.
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And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah--in the family of Judah--who
was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem in Judah, to sojourn where
he could find a place; and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of
Micah, as he journeyed.
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And Micah said unto him: 'Whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'I am a Levite
of Beth-lehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.'
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And Micah said unto him: 'Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and
I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy
victuals.' So the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as
one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in
the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite
as my priest.'