ASV_Strong : Judges 17
1. And there was a man[H376] of the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], whose name[H8034] was Micah[H4321].
2. And he said[H559] unto his mother[H517], The eleven hundred[H505] pieces of silver[H3701] that were taken[H3947] from thee[H422], about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak[H559] it in mine ears[H241], behold[H3701], the silver is with me[H3947]; I took it[H517]. And his mother said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be my son[H1121] of Jehovah[H3068].
3. And he restored[H7725] the eleven hundred[H505] pieces of silver[H3701] to his mother[H517]; and his mother[H517] said[H559], I verily[H6942] dedicate[H6942] the silver[H3701] unto Jehovah[H3068] from my hand[H3027] for my son[H1121], to make[H6213] a graven image[H6459] and a molten image[H6459]: now therefore I will restore it unto thee[H7725].
4. And when he restored[H7725] the money[H3701] unto his mother[H517], his mother[H517] took[H3947] two hundred[H3967] pieces of silver[H3701], and gave[H5414] them to the founder[H6884], who made[H6213] thereof a graven image[H6459] and a molten image[H4541]: and it was in the house[H1004] of Micah[H4321].
5. And the man[H376] Micah[H4318] had a house[H1004] of gods[H430], and he made[H6213] an ephod[H646], and teraphim[H8655], and consecrated[H4390] one[H259] of his sons[H1121], who became his priest[H3548].
6. In those days[H3117] there was no king[H4428] in Israel[H3478]: every man[H376] did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in his own eyes[H5869].
7. And there was a young man[H5288] out of Beth-lehem[H1035]-judah, of the family[H4940] of Judah[H3063], who was a Levite[H3881]; and he sojourned there[H1481].
8. And the man[H376] departed[H3212] out of the city[H5892], out of Beth-lehem[H1035]-judah, to sojourn[H1481] where he could find[H4672] a place[H935], and he came to the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669] to the house[H1004] of Micah[H4318], as he journeyed[H6213].
9. And Micah[H4318] said[H559] unto him[H370], Whence comest[H935] thou[H559]? And he said unto him[H3881], I am a Levite of Beth-lehem[H1035]-judah, and I go[H1980] to sojourn[H1481] where I may find a place[H4672].
10. And Micah[H4318] said[H559] unto him[H3427], Dwell with me[H1], and be unto me a father and a priest[H3548], and I will give[H5414] thee ten[H6235] pieces of silver[H3701] by the year[H3117], and a suit[H6187] of apparel[H899], and thy victuals[H4241]. So the Levite[H3881] went in[H3212].
11. And the Levite[H3881] was content[H2974] to dwell[H3427] with the man[H376]; and the young man[H5288] was unto him as one[H259] of his sons[H1121].
12. And Micah[H4318] consecrated[H4390] the Levite[H3881], and the young man[H5288] became his priest[H3548], and was in the house[H1004] of Micah[H4318].
13. Then said[H559] Micah[H4318], Now know[H3045] I that Jehovah[H3068] will do me good[H3190], seeing I have a Levite[H3881] to my priest[H3548].
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