17:1And there was a
man of the hill-country of
Ephraim, whose
name was
Micah.
17:2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred
pieces of
silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a
curse, and didst also speak it in mine
ears, behold, the
silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of
Jehovah.
17:3And he restored the eleven hundred
pieces of
silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the
silver unto
Jehovah from my
hand for my son, to make a
graven image and a molten
image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
17:4And when he restored the
money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred
pieces of
silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a molten
image: and it was in the
house of
Micah.
17:5And the
man Micah had a
house of gods, and he made an
ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
17:6In those days there was no
king in
Israel: every
man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
17:7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. 17:8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 17:10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 17:11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 17:12And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 17:13Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
