1
|
And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. |
2
|
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred {cf15i pieces} of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of the LORD. |
3
|
And he restored the eleven hundred {cf15i pieces} of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. |
4
|
And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred {cf15i pieces} of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah. |
5
|
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. |
6
|
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. |
7
|
And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. |
8
|
And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find {cf15i a place}: and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. |
9
|
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 {cf15i a place}. |
10
|
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten {cf15i pieces} of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. |
11
|
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. |
12
|
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. |
13
|
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. |
Judges 17:1 English Language Bible Words basic statistical display
COMING SOON ...