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1. There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah.
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1. And there was H1961 a man H376 of mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim H669 , whose name H8034 was Micah H4321 .
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2. He said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you utter a curse about-- here, I have the silver with me. I took it. So now I return it to you." Then his mother said, "My son, you are blessed by the LORD!"
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2. And he said H559 unto his mother H517 , The eleven hundred H505 H3967 shekels of silver H3701 that H834 were taken H3947 from thee , about which thou H859 cursedst H422 , and spakest H559 of also H1571 in mine ears H241 , behold H2009 , the silver H3701 is with H854 me; I H589 took H3947 it . And his mother H517 said H559 , Blessed H1288 be thou of the LORD H3068 , my son H1121 .
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3. He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, "I personally consecrate the silver to the LORD for my son's benefit to make a carved image overlaid with silver."
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3. And when he had restored H7725 H853 the eleven hundred H505 H3967 shekels of silver H3701 to his mother H517 , his mother H517 said H559 , I had wholly dedicated H6942 H6942 H853 the silver H3701 unto the LORD H3068 from my hand H4480 H3027 for my son H1121 , to make H6213 a graven image H6459 and a molten image H4541 : now H6258 therefore I will restore H7725 it unto thee.
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4. So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image overlaid with silver, and it was in Micah's house.
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4. Yet he restored H7725 H853 the money H3701 unto his mother H517 ; and his mother H517 took H3947 two hundred H3967 shekels 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 they were H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah H4321 .
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5. This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
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5. And the man H376 Micah H4318 had a house H1004 of gods H430 , and made H6213 an ephod H646 , and teraphim H8655 , and consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 one H259 of his sons H4480 H1121 , who became H1961 his priest H3548 .
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6. In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.
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6. In those H1992 days H3117 there was no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478 , but every man H376 did H6213 that which was right H3477 in his own eyes H5869 .
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7. There was a young man, a Levite, from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.
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7. And there was H1961 a young man H5288 out of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah of the family H4480 H4940 of Judah H3063 , who H1931 was a Levite H3881 , and he H1931 sojourned H1481 there H8033 .
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8. The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah's home in the hill country of Ephraim.
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8. And the man H376 departed H1980 out of the city H4480 H5892 from Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah to sojourn H1481 where H834 he could find H4672 a place : and he came H935 to mount H2022 Ephraim H669 to H5704 the house H1004 of Micah H4318 , as he journeyed H6213 H1870 .
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9. "Where do you come from?" Micah asked him. He answered him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I'm going to settle wherever I can find a place.
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9. And Micah H4318 said H559 unto him, Whence H4480 H370 comest H935 thou? And he said H559 unto H413 him, I H595 am a Levite H3881 of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah , and I H595 go H1980 to sojourn H1481 where H834 I may find H4672 a place .
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10. Micah replied, "Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions." So the Levite went in
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10. And Micah H4318 said H559 unto him, Dwell H3427 with H5978 me , and be H1961 unto me a father H1 and a priest H3548 , and I H595 will give H5414 thee ten H6235 shekels of silver H3701 by the year H3117 , and a suit H6187 of apparel H899 , and thy victuals H4241 . So the Levite H3881 went in H1980 .
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11. and agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became like one of his sons.
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11. And the Levite H3881 was content H2974 to dwell H3427 with H854 the man H376 ; and the young man H5288 was H1961 unto him as one H259 of his sons H4480 H1121 .
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12. Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.
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12. And Micah H4318 consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 the Levite H3881 ; and the young man H5288 became H1961 his priest H3548 , and was H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah H4318 .
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13. Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest."
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13. Then said H559 Micah H4318 , Now H6258 know H3045 I that H3588 the LORD H3068 will do me good H3190 , seeing H3588 I have H1961 a Levite H3881 to my priest H3548 .
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