jub - 17

jub@Judges:17:1 @ And there was a man of Mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

jub@Judges:17:2 @ And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were stolen from thee, about which thou didst curse in my hearing, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.

jub@Judges:17:3 @ And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had completely dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for thee, my son, to make thee a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will restore it unto thee.

jub@Judges:17:4 @ After the money was restored unto her, his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image, which was [set up] in the house of Micah.

jub@Judges:17:5 @ And the man Micah had a brothel of idolatry, and made an ephod and teraphim and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

jub@Judges:17:6 @ In those days [there was] no king in Israel; each one did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

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

jub@Judges:17:8 @ And the man had departed out of the city from Bethlehem of Judah to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah as he journeyed.

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

jub@Judges:17:10 @ Then Micah said unto him, Dwell with me and be a father and a priest unto me, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year and the ordinary apparel and thy food. So the Levite went in.

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

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

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

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