Verse 4
Judges 17:4
Free Bible Version
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Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ וַ/תִּקַּ֣ח אִמּ/וֹ֩ מָאתַ֨יִם כֶּ֜סֶף וַ/תִּתְּנֵ֣/הוּ לַ/צּוֹרֵ֗ף וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֨/הוּ֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּ/מַסֵּכָ֔ה וַ/יְהִ֖י בְּ/בֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ
English Translation
And he returned the money to his mother, and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a graven image and a molten image, and it was in the house of Micah.
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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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