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1 There was a man of the hill-country of Efrayim, whose name was Mikhah.
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Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
2 He said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse, and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. His mother said, Blessed be 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 He restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I most assuredly dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.
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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 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Mikhah.
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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 The man Mikhah had a house of gods, and he made an efod, and terafim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his Kohen.
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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 In those days there was no king in Yisra'el: 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 There was a young man out of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, of the family of Yehudah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
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A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
8 The man departed out of the city, out of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Efrayim to the house of Mikhah, as he journeyed.
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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 Mikhah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
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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 Mikhah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a Kohen, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your victuals. So the Levite went in.
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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 The Levite was content 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 Mikhah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his Kohen, and was in the house of Mikhah.
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Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 Then said Mikhah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my Kohen.
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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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