Judges:17

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* And there was a man of the hills of Ephraim , and his name was Micah . * And he said to his mother , The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you , and you uttered a curse , even also speaking in my ear ; behold , the silver is with me . I have taken it . And his mother said , Blessed be my son by Jehovah . * And he gave back the eleven hundred silver pieces to his mother . And his mother said , I have wholly consecrated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son , to make a graven image and a molten image . And now , I am returning it to you . * And he returned the silver to his mother . And his mother took two hundred silver pieces and gave them to a refiner . And he made it a graven image , and a molten image . And it was in Micah 's house . * And the man Micah had a house of gods . And he made an ephod , and household idols , and consecrated one of his sons And he was a priest for him . * And in those days there was no king in Israel ; each man did the right in his own eyes . * And there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah , of the family of Judah ; and he was a Levite . And he resided there . * And the man went out of the city , out of Bethlehem-judah , to live where he might find a place . And he came to the hills of Ephraim , to the house of Micah , to work his way . * And Micah said to him , From where do you come ? And he said to him , I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah , and I am going to live where I may find a place . * And Micah said to him , Live with me , and be a father and a priest to me . I will give you ten silver pieces for the days , and an order of garments , and your upkeep . And the Levite went in . * And the Levite was willing to live with the man , and the young man was to him as one of his sons . * And Micah consecrated the hand of the Levite and the young man was a priest to him ; and he was in Micah 's house . * And Micah said , Now I know that Jehovah will do me good , for the Levite is a priest to me .

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