Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now
a man named
Micah
from
the
hill
country
of Ephraim
And
there
was
a man of mount
Ephraim ,
whose
name
was
Micah.
said to
his mother, “
The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you
and
about which I
heard
you
utter
a
curse—I
have
the silver here
with me; I took it. ”
Then
his mother said, “
Blessed be my
son
by
the LORD !”
And
he
said unto
his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee,
about which thou
cursedst,
and
spakest
of
also
in
mine
ears,
behold,
the silver is
with me; I took it. And
his mother said, Blessed be thou
of
the LORD ,
my
son.
And when he had returned
the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she
said, “
I wholly dedicate
the silver to
the LORD for my son’s
benefit
, to make a graven image and a molten idol.
Therefore I will now
return
it to
you
. ”
And when he had restored
the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his
mother
said, I had
wholly dedicated
the silver unto
the LORD from
my
hand
for my son
, to make a graven image and a molten image:
now
therefore I will restore
it unto
thee
.
So
he returned
the silver
to
his mother ,
and she
took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a
silversmith
, who made them
into
a graven image and a molten idol.
And they were placed
in the house of Micah.
Yet
he restored
the money
unto
his mother ;
and his
mother
took two hundred shekels of silver ,
and gave them to the
founder
, who made thereof
a graven image and a molten image:
and they were in the house of Micah.
Now
this
man Micah had a
shrine
, and he
made an ephod and some
household
idols
, and ordained
one of his sons as
his priest.
And
the
man Micah had an
house
of
gods
, and made an ephod ,
and teraphim
, and consecrated
one of his sons ,
who
became
his priest.
In those days there was no king in Israel ;
everyone
did what
was right in his own eyes.
In those days there was no king in Israel ,
but
every
man
did that
which
was right in his own eyes.
And there was a young Levite
from
Bethlehem
in
Judah
who
had
been
residing
within
the clan
of Judah.
And there was a young man
out
of
Bethlehemjudah
of
the family
of Judah ,
who
was
a
Levite,
and
he
sojourned
there
.
This
man left
the city of
Bethlehem
in
Judah
to settle
where he could find a place .
And as
he traveled,
he
came to Micah’s
house
in
the hill
country
of Ephraim
.
And
the
man departed
out
of
the city from
Bethlehemjudah
to sojourn
where he could find a place :
and he came to mount
Ephraim
to
the house
of Micah,
as
he
journeyed
.
“Where
are
you
from?”
Micah asked
him .
“
I am a Levite from
Bethlehem
in
Judah,”
he
replied
, “
and I am
on
my
way
to settle
wherever
I can
find a place. ”
And
Micah said
unto
him ,
Whence
comest
thou?
And
he
said
unto
him,
I am a Levite of
Bethlehemjudah
, and I go
to sojourn
where
I may
find a place.
“Stay
with
me,”
Micah said to
him, “
and be my
father and priest, and I will give you
ten shekels of silver per
year, a suit of clothes
, and your
provisions
. ”
So the Levite went in
And
Micah said unto
him, Dwell
with
me,
and be unto
me
a
father and a
priest, and I will give thee
ten shekels of silver by
the
year, and
a suit of apparel
, and thy
victuals
. So the Levite went in .
and agreed
to stay
with him,
and the young man became
like
a
son
to
Micah
.
And the
Levite
was
content
to dwell
with the
man;
and the young man was
unto
him
as
one
of
his
sons
.
Micah ordained
the Levite ,
and the young man became his priest and lived
in his
house.
And
Micah consecrated
the Levite ;
and the young man became his priest ,
and was
in the
house of
Micah
.
Then Micah
said, “
Now I
know that the LORD will be
good
to
me, because
a Levite has
become
my priest. ”
Then said Micah
, Now know I
that the LORD will do
me good
, seeing
I
have
a Levite to
my priest.
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