Judges 17 NLT ISV Parallel

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1There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.

1A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region of the territory of Ephraim.

2One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.” “The LORD bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

2He told his mother, "Do you remember those 1,100 silver coins that were stolen from you and about which you uttered a curse when I could hear it? Well, I have the silver. I took it." So she replied, "May my son be blessed by the LORD."

3He returned the money to her, and she said, “I now dedicate these silver coins to the LORD. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast.”

3Her son gave back the 1,100 silver coins to his mother, and she said, "I'm totally giving this silver—from my hand to the LORD—so my son can make a carved image and a cast image. So I'm returning it to you."

4So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah’s house.

4When he had returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 of the silver coins and handed them over to a silversmith. He crafted them into a carved image and into a cast image, and they were set up in Micah's house.

5Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.

5This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

6In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

6Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

7One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.

7A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.

8He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.

8The man had left his city Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could. As he traveled along, he eventually arrived at Micah's house in the mountainous region of Ephraim, looking for work.

9“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”

9Micah asked him, "Where did you come from?" He replied, "I'm a descendant of Levi from Bethlehem in Judah, and I'm going to stay temporarily wherever I can find a place."

10“Stay here with me,” Micah said, “and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food.”

10So Micah replied, "Come live with me! You can be a spiritual father to me, as well as a priest. I'll pay you ten silver coins a year, plus a priestly uniform and an income." So the descendant of Levi moved in.

11The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah’s sons.

11The descendant of Levi agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of the family.

12So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah’s house.

12Micah set up the descendant of Levi in ministry, and the young man became his priest while he lived in Micah's house.

13“I know the LORD will bless me now,” Micah said, “because I have a Levite serving as my priest.”

13As for Micah, he kept saying, "Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have a descendant of Levi for a priest!"

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