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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
Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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!”
And his mother said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”
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.”
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.
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 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.
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?”
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.”
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.
So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.