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1 And there was a man of
mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven
hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou
cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with
me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
3 And when he had restored the eleven
hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly
dedicated 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 Yet he restored the money unto his
mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them
to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they
were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house of gods,
and 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, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man
out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he
sojourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the city
from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came
to mount 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 Bethlehemjudah, and I go to
sojourn where I may find 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 shekels 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.
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