Judges 17
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Judg 17:2
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He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred {pieces} of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD."
Judg 17:3
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He then returned the eleven hundred {pieces} of silver to his mother, and his mother said, "I wholly dedicate the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you."
Judg 17:4
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So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred {pieces} of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah.
Judg 17:5
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And the man Micah had a (Lit {house of gods}) shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.
Judg 17:6
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In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Judg 17:7
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Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.
Judg 17:8
Judg 17:9
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Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find {a place.}"
Judg 17:10
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Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten {pieces} of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance." So the Levite went {in.}
Judg 17:11
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The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
Judg 17:12
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So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.
Judg 17:13
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Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest."
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