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1 And there was a man of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Micah.
2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, [saying,] behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord.
3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
4 But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.
5 And the house of Micah [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
6 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 And there was a young man in Bethlehem of the tribe of Judah, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
8 And the man departed from Bethlehem the city of Judah to sojourn in whatever place he might find. And he came as far as Mount Ephraim, and to the house of Micah to accomplish his journey.
9 And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
10 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of clothing, and your living.
11 And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Micah.
13 And Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
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