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And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
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And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.