mkjv - 17

mkjv@Judges:17:1 @ And there was a man of Mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Micah.

mkjv@Judges:17:2 @ And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver which were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me. Behold, I took it. And his mother said, Be blessed of the LORD, my son.

mkjv@Judges:17:3 @ And when he had given back the eleven hundred of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly given the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image. And now I am giving it to you.

mkjv@Judges:17:4 @ And he gave the money back to his mother. And his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver and gave them to a refiner, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image. And they were in the house of Micah.

mkjv@Judges:17:5 @ And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and household gods, and anointed one of his sons, who became his priest.

mkjv@Judges:17:6 @ In those days [there was] no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his eyes.

mkjv@Judges:17:7 @ And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah, and he [was] a Levite. And he stayed there.

mkjv@Judges:17:8 @ And the man went out of the city from Bethlehem-judah to live where he could find [a place]. And he came to Mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

mkjv@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to live where I may find a place.

mkjv@Judges:17:10 @ And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

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

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

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

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