“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.” (Judges 17:1-13 AV)
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