Judges 17

1 ♥ 📝 A nd there was a man^H376 of the hill-country^H2022 of Ephraim,^H669 whose name^H8034 was Micah.^H4321

2 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto his mother,^H517 The eleven hundred^H505 [pieces] of silver^H3701 that were taken^H3947 from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse,^H422 and didst also speak^H559 it in mine ears,^H241 behold, the silver^H3701 is with me; I took^H3947 it. And his mother^H517 said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be my son^H1121 of Jehovah.^H3068

3 ♥ 📝 And he restored^H7725 the eleven hundred^H505 [pieces] of silver^H3701 to his mother;^H517 and his mother^H517 said,^H559 I verily^H6942 dedicate^H6942 the silver^H3701 unto Jehovah^H3068 from my hand^H3027 for my son,^H1121 to make^H6213 a graven image^H6459 and a molten image:^H6459 now therefore I will restore^H7725 it unto thee.

4 ♥ 📝 And when he restored^H7725 the money^H3701 unto his mother,^H517 his mother^H517 took^H3947 two hundred^H3967 [pieces] of silver,^H3701 and gave^H5414 them to the founder,^H6884 who made^H6213 thereof a graven image^H6459 and a molten image:^H4541 and it was in the house^H1004 of Micah.^H4321

5 ♥ 📝 And the man^H376 Micah^H4318 had a house^H1004 of gods,^H430 and he made^H6213 an ephod,^H646 and teraphim,^H8655 and consecrated^H4390 one^H259 of his sons,^H1121 who became his priest.^H3548

6 ♥ 📝 In those days^H3117 there was no king^H4428 in Israel:^H3478 every man^H376 did^H6213 that which was right^H3477 in his own eyes.^H5869

7 ♥ 📝 And there was a young man^H5288 out of Beth-lehem-judah,^H1035 of the family^H4940 of Judah,^H3063 who was a Levite;^H3881 and he sojourned^H1481 there.

8 ♥ 📝 And the man^H376 departed^H3212 out of the city,^H5892 out of Beth-lehem-judah,^H1035 to sojourn^H1481 where he could find^H4672 [a place], and he came^H935 to the hill-country^H2022 of Ephraim^H669 to the house^H1004 of Micah,^H4318 as he journeyed.^H6213

9 ♥ 📝 And Micah^H4318 said^H559 unto him, Whence^H370 comest^H935 thou? And he said^H559 unto him, I am a Levite^H3881 of Beth-lehem-judah,^H1035 and I go^H1980 to sojourn^H1481 where I may find^H4672 [a place].

10 ♥ 📝 And Micah^H4318 said^H559 unto him, Dwell^H3427 with me, and be unto me a father^H1 and a priest,^H3548 and I will give^H5414 thee ten^H6235 [pieces] of silver^H3701 by the year,^H3117 and a suit^H6187 of apparel,^H899 and thy victuals.^H4241 So the Levite^H3881 went in.^H3212

11 ♥ 📝 And the Levite^H3881 was content^H2974 to dwell^H3427 with the man;^H376 and the young man^H5288 was unto him as one^H259 of his sons.^H1121

12 ♥ 📝 And Micah^H4318 consecrated^H4390 the Levite,^H3881 and the young man^H5288 became his priest,^H3548 and was in the house^H1004 of Micah.^H4318

13 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Micah,^H4318 Now know^H3045 I that Jehovah^H3068 will do me good,^H3190 seeing I have a Levite^H3881 to my priest.^H3548