Judges 17 : 1 (HCSB)
There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.
Judges 17 : 2 (HCSB)
He said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you utter a curse about-- here, I have the silver with me. I took it. So now I return it to you." Then his mother said, "My son, you are blessed by the LORD!"
Judges 17 : 3 (HCSB)
He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, "I personally consecrate the silver to the LORD for my son's benefit to make a carved image overlaid with silver."
Judges 17 : 4 (HCSB)
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image overlaid with silver, and it was in Micah's house.
Judges 17 : 5 (HCSB)
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
Judges 17 : 6 (HCSB)
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.
Judges 17 : 7 (HCSB)
There was a young man, a Levite, from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.
Judges 17 : 8 (HCSB)
The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah's home in the hill country of Ephraim.
Judges 17 : 9 (HCSB)
"Where do you come from?" Micah asked him. He answered him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I'm going to settle wherever I can find a place.
Judges 17 : 10 (HCSB)
Micah replied, "Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions." So the Levite went in
Judges 17 : 11 (HCSB)
and agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became like one of his sons.
Judges 17 : 12 (HCSB)
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.
Judges 17 : 13 (HCSB)
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest."
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