Judges 17
New International Version - Judges 17 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021 17:1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 17:2 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 that silver with me; I took it.' Then his mother said, 'The LORD bless you, my son!' 17:3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, 'I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will give it back to you.' 17:4 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 the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house. 17:5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest. 17:6 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit. 17:7 A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah, 17:8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. 17:9 Micah asked him, 'Where are you from?' 'I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,' he said, 'and I'm looking for a place to stay.' 17:10 Then Micah said to him, 'Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.' 17:11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man was to him like one of his sons. 17:12 Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. 17:13 And Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.'