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And there
was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
02 And he said unto his mother, The eleven
hundred shekels of silver that were taken from
thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of
also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me;
I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou
of the Lord, my son.
03 And when he had restored the eleven hundred
shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said,
I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord
from my hand for my son, to make a graven image
and a molten image: now therefore I will restore
it unto thee.
04 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and
his mother took two hundred shekels of silver,
and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a molten image: and they were in
the house of Micah.
05 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and
made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one
of his sons, who became his priest.
06 In those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right in his own
eyes.
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07 And there was a young man out of
Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a
Levite, and he sojourned there.
08 And the man departed out of the city from
Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a
place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house
of Micah, as he journeyed.
09 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou?
And he said unto him, I am a Levite of
Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may
find a place.
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be
unto me a father and a priest, and I will give
thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a
suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite
went in.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the
man; and the young man was unto him as one of his
sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the
young man became his priest, and was in the house
of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will
do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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