Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
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Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which thou tookest of thyself, and thou cursedst me, and spokest in my ears, behold, the silver with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed my son of the Lord.
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said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!”
3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten , and now I will restore it to thee.
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When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”
4 But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
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So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 And the house of Michaias to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
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Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.
6 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
7 And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
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A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
8 And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
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left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 And Michaias said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
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Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
10 And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.
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Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”
11 And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
12 And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
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Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
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And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
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