Thematic Bible
Judges 17:1 (show verse)
There was a man named Micah, who lived in the mountains of Ephraim.
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Judges 17:2 (show verse)
He said to his mother: When someone stole those eleven hundred pieces of silver from you, you put a curse on the robber. I heard you do it. Look, I have the money. I am the one who took it. His mother said: Jehovah blesses you.
Judges 17:3 (show verse)
He gave the money back to his mother. She said: To keep the curse from falling on my son, I myself solemnly dedicate the silver to Jehovah. It will be used to make a wooden idol covered with silver. Now I will give the pieces of silver back to you.
Judges 17:4 (show verse)
He returned them to his mother. She took two hundred of the pieces of silver and gave them to a metalworker. The metalworker made an idol, carving it from wood and covering it with the silver. It was placed in Micah's house.
Judges 17:5 (show verse)
Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.
Judges 17:6 (show verse)
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did whatever he or she wanted to do.
Judges 17:7 (show verse)
There was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 17:8 (show verse)
The man left Bethlehem to find another place to live. While he was traveling, he came to Micah's house in the mountains of Ephraim.
Judges 17:9 (show verse)
Micah asked him: Where do you come from? He answered: I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I need a place to live.
Judges 17:10 (show verse)
Micah said: Stay here with me. Be my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year along with some clothes, and your food.
Judges 17:11 (show verse)
The young Levite agreed to stay with Micah. He became like a son to him.
Judges 17:12 (show verse)
He lived in Micah's home. Micah made him his priest.
Judges 17:13 (show verse)
Micah said: Now I know that Jehovah will be good to me, since I have a Levite as a priest.