Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Jdg 17:1 |
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. |
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Jdg 17:2 |
And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the Lord ." |
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Jdg 17:3 |
And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, "I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you." |
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Jdg 17:4 |
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. |
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Jdg 17:5 |
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained [fn] one of his sons, who became his priest. |
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Jdg 17:6 |
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. |
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Jdg 17:7 |
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. |
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Jdg 17:8 |
And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. |
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Jdg 17:9 |
And Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place." |
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Jdg 17:10 |
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in. |
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Jdg 17:11 |
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. |
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Jdg 17:12 |
And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. |
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Jdg 17:13 |
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest." |
ESV Footnotes:
- (17:5) Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12
