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1 There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country. There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
2 He said to his mother, |You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.| His mother said, |May the LORD reward you, my son!| 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.” said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!”
3 When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, |I solemnly dedicate this silver to the LORD. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image.| 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.” 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.”
4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah's house. 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. So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest. 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.
6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
7 There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe 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. A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah's house. 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. left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah said to him, |Where do you come from?| He replied, |I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.| 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.” 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.”
10 Micah said to him, |Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.| 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. Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”
11 So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.
12 Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house. And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 Micah said, |Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.| Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.” And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
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