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Judges
Chapter 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 you,
about
which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears,
behold,
the silver is with me . . .
I
took it."
And his mother said, "Blessed be you of Jehovah/God, 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 Jehovah/God
from
my hand for my son,
to
make a graven image and a molten image.
Now therefore I will restore it unto you."
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 'elohiym/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.
{Note: Remember God was the King of Israel in this day. So when it says there was no king in Israel, it means they once more turned their back on God and did according to their own human viewpoint - human good or bad.}
7
And there was a young man out of Beth-Lehem Judah
of
the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8
And the man departed out of the city from Beth-Lehem Judah
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,
"From
where do you come?"
And
he said unto him,
"I
am a Levite of Beth-Lehem Judah,
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 you all ten shekels of silver by the year,
and
a suit of apparel, and your 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 Jehovah/God will do me good . . .
seeing
I have a Levite to my priest."
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