Judges:17

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* And there was a man of Mount Ephraim , and his name [was ] Micah . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * In those days [there was ] no king in Israel , but every man did that which was right in his eyes . * And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah , and he [was ] a Levite . And he stayed there . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the Levite was content to live with the man , and the young man was to him as one of his sons . * And Micah consecrated the Levite . And the young man became his priest , and was in the house of Micah . * 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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