17Judges 17

1And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Micah,Select Judges 17:1

2and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and of which thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver is with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed is my son of Jehovah.'Select Judges 17:2

3And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'Select Judges 17:3

4And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.Select Judges 17:4

5As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;Select Judges 17:5

6in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.Select Judges 17:6

7And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.Select Judges 17:7

8And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.Select Judges 17:8

9And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite am I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'Select Judges 17:9

10And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth in .Select Judges 17:10

11And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.Select Judges 17:11

12And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,Select Judges 17:12

13and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'Select Judges 17:13