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And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah.
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And he said to his mother , The eleven hundred silver -pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said , Blessed be my son of Jehovah !
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And he restored the eleven hundred silver -pieces to his mother ; and his mother said , I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son , to make a graven image and a molten image ; and now I will restore it to thee.
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Now he restored the silver to his mother ; and his mother took two hundred silver -pieces and gave them to the founder , and he made of them a graven image and a molten image ; and they were in the house of Micah.
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And the man Micah had a house of gods , and made an ephod and teraphim , and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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In those days there was no king in Israel ; every man did what was right in his own eyes .
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And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah , who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed from the city , from Bethlehem-Judah , to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim , to the house of Micah.
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And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah , and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
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And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver -pieces, and a suit of garments , and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.