1 And there was a
man of
mount Ephraim, whose
name was
Micah.
2 And he
said unto his
mother, The eleven
hundred #H3967shekels 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.
3 And when he had
restored the eleven
hundred #H3967shekels 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 In those
days there was no
king in
Israel, but every
man did that which was
right in his own
eyes.
7 And there was a young
man out of
Bethlehemjudah Beyth Lechem#
of the
family of
Judah, who was a
Levite, and he
sojourned there.
8 And the
man departed out of the
city from
Bethlehemjudah Beyth Lechem#
to
sojourn where he could
find a place: and he
came to
mount Ephraim to the
house of
Micah, as he
journeyed #
.
9 And
Micah said unto him,
Whence comest thou? And he
said unto him, I am a
Levite of
Bethlehemjudah Beyth Lechem#
, 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.