Judges 17



1.  And there was a man of mount Ephraim,whose name was Micah.

2.  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.

3.  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.

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 of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned * there.

8.  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 * .

9.  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.