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17 : 1 There was a man ofthe hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
17 : 2 And he said to his mother,The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.And his mother said,Blessed be my son by theLord.
17 : 3 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said,I dedicate the silver to theLordfrom my hand for my son, to makea carved image anda metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.
17 : 4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mothertook 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
17 : 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and he madean ephod andhousehold gods, andordainedone of his sons, who became his priest.
17 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel.Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
17 : 7 Now there was a young man ofBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
17 : 8 And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came tothe hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
17 : 9 And Micah said to him,Where do you come from?And he said to him,I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.
17 : 10 And Micah said to him,Stay with me, and be to mea father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living.And the Levite went in.
17 : 11 And the Levitewas content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
17 : 12 And Micahordained the Levite, and the young manbecame his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
17 : 13 Then Micah said,Now I know that theLordwill prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.