And there was a man of mount
Ephraim
, whose name
was Micah
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
In those days there was no king
in Israel
, but every man
did
that which was right
in his own eyes
.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah
of the family
of Judah
, who was a Levite
, and he sojourned
there.
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
.
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 .
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
.
And the Levite was content
to dwell
with the man
; and the young man
was unto him as one
of his sons
.
And Micah consecrated
the Levite
; and the young man
became his priest
, and was in the house
of Micah
.
Then said Micah
, Now know
I that the LORD
will do me good
, seeing I have a Levite
to my priest
.