Judges Chapter 17
17:1 | And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah. |
17:2 | 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. |
17:3 | 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. |
17:4 | Yet he restored the ![]() ![]() |
17:5 | And the man Micah had an ![]() |
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17:7 | And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there. |
17:8 | 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 ![]() |
17:9 | 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]. |
17:10 | 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. |
17:11 | And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. |
17:12 | And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the ![]() |
17:13 | Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will ![]() |