Verse 2
Judges 17:2
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ/אִמּ֡/וֹ אֶלֶף֩ וּ/מֵאָ֨ה הַ/כֶּ֜סֶף אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֻֽקַּֽח לָ֗/ךְ ו/אתי וְ/אַ֤תְּ אָלִית֙ וְ/גַם֙ אָמַ֣רְתְּ בְּ/אָזְנַ֔/י הִנֵּֽה הַ/כֶּ֥סֶף אִתִּ֖/י אֲנִ֣י לְקַחְתִּ֑י/ו וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֔/וֹ בָּר֥וּךְ בְּנִ֖/י לַ/יהוָֽה
English Translation
And he said to his mother, "A thousand and a hundred shekels of silver that were taken for you, and I have them, and you also said in my ears, 'Behold, the silver is with me, I took it.' And his mother said, 'Blessed be my son to the LORD.'"
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Chapter 17 Context
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Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
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And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about whi...
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And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have mad...
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So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gav...
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And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons...
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.
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Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was n...
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And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place;...
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And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-jud...
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Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I wi...
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And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his...
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And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house...
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Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become m...
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