acv - 17

acv@Judges:17:1 @ And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

acv@Judges:17:2 @ And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be m

acv@Judges:17:3 @ And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother. And his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver to LORD from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to th

acv@Judges:17:4 @ And 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 a graven image and a molten image. And it was in the house of Micah.

acv@Judges:17:5 @ 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.

acv@Judges:17:6 @ In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

acv@Judges:17:7 @ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

acv@Judges:17:8 @ And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem-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.

acv@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said to him, From where come thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

acv@Judges:17:10 @ And Micah 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 suit of apparel, and thy food. So the Levite went in.

acv@Judges:17:11 @ And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

acv@Judges:17:12 @ And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

acv@Judges:17:13 @ Then Micah said, Now I know that LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.

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