Verse 3
Judges 17:3
Free Bible Version
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After he'd returned the silver to his mother she gave two hundred shekels to a silversmith who made it into a carved idol, an image made with molten silver. They were kept in Micah's house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֛שֶׁב אֶת אֶֽלֶף וּ/מֵאָ֥ה הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֡/וֹ הַקְדֵּ֣שׁ הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי אֶת הַ/כֶּסֶף֩ לַ/יהוָ֨ה מִ/יָּדִ֜/י לִ/בְנִ֗/י לַֽ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּ/מַסֵּכָ֔ה וְ/עַתָּ֖ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֥/נּוּ לָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
And she put in a thousand and one hundred pieces of silver for her son, and his mother said, “I have dedicated the silver to the Lord from my hand to my son to make an image and a molten idol, and now I will return it to you.”
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Chapter 17 Context
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told his mother, “Those eleven hundred shekels of silver that were stolen from you and that I heard...
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He gave back to his mother the eleven hundred shekels of silver. His mother announced, “I'm complete...
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After he'd returned the silver to his mother she gave two hundred shekels to a silversmith who made...
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Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained o...
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At that time Israel didn't have a king— everyone did what they themselves thought was the right thin...
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One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,
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left Bethlehem to look for a different place to live. As he traveled through the hill country of Eph...
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“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “I'm...
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“Come and stay here with me. You can be my ‘father’ and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of sil...
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and agreed to stay with him. The young man became like a son to him.
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“I'm sure the Lord will bless me now, because I have a Levite as my priest,” Micah concluded.
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