Judges:17

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* Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim , whose name was Micah . * And he said to his mother , "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you , and on which you put a curse , even saying it in my ears--here is the silver with me ; I took it ." And his mother said , "May you be blessed by the LORD , my son !" * So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother , his mother said , "I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son , to make a carved image and a molded image ; now therefore , I will return it to you ." * Thus he returned the silver to his mother . Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith , and he made it into a carved image and a molded image ; and they were in the house of Micah . * The man Micah had a shrine , and made an ephod and household idols ; and he consecrated one of his sons , who became his priest . * In those days there was no king in Israel ; everyone did what was right in his own eyes . * Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah , of the family of Judah ; he was a Levite , and was staying there . * The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place . Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim , to the house of Micah , as he journeyed . * And Micah said to him , "Where do you come from ?" So he said to him , "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah , and I am on my way to find a place to stay ." * Micah said to him , "Dwell with me , and be a father and a priest to me , and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year , a suit of clothes , and your sustenance ." So the Levite went in . * Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man became like one of his sons to him . * So Micah consecrated the Levite , and the young man became his priest , and lived in the house of Micah . * Then Micah said , "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me , since I have a Levite as priest !"

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