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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 and the Levite
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”
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 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was 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.
In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of 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, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.”
And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living.” 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 became to him like one of his sons.
Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.