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Micah’s Idols
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
Micah's Idolatry
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”
And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.