Darby's English Translation

Judges 16

The Book of Judges

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Chapter 17

1

 

 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 

 


2

 

 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah! 

 


3

 

 And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee. 

 


4

 

 Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah. 

 


5

 

 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 

 


6

 

 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. 

 


7

 

 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 

 


8

 

 And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah. 

 


9

 

 And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. 

 


10

 

 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in. 

 


11

 

 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. 

 


12

 

 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 

 


13

 

 Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest. 

 


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