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1. There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.
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1. And there was H1961 a man H376 of mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim H669 , whose name H8034 was Micah H4321 .
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2. He said to his mother, "There were 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you. And I heard you pray that the robber would be cursed. See, the silver is with me. I took it." His mother said, "May the Lord bring good to you, my son."
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2. And he said H559 unto his mother H517 , The eleven hundred H505 H3967 shekels of silver H3701 that H834 were taken H3947 from thee , about which thou H859 cursedst H422 , and spakest H559 of also H1571 in mine ears H241 , behold H2009 , the silver H3701 is with H854 me; I H589 took H3947 it . And his mother H517 said H559 , Blessed H1288 be thou of the LORD H3068 , my son H1121 .
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3. He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And she said, "I set apart all the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son. It is to be used in making an object to look like a god. So I will return the silver to you."
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3. And when he had restored H7725 H853 the eleven hundred H505 H3967 shekels of silver H3701 to his mother H517 , his mother H517 said H559 , I had wholly dedicated H6942 H6942 H853 the silver H3701 unto the LORD H3068 from my hand H4480 H3027 for my son H1121 , to make H6213 a graven image H6459 and a molten image H4541 : now H6258 therefore I will restore H7725 it unto thee.
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4. When he returned the silver to his mother, she gave 200 pieces to the man who works with silver. He made them into an object to look like a god for Micah's house.
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4. Yet he restored H7725 H853 the money H3701 unto his mother H517 ; and his mother H517 took H3947 two hundred H3967 shekels of silver H3701 , and gave H5414 them to the founder H6884 , who made H6213 thereof a graven image H6459 and a molten image H4541 : and they were H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah H4321 .
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5. The man Micah had a special building where gods were worshiped. He made a holy vest and gods for the house. And he set apart one of his sons to be his religious leader.
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5. And the man H376 Micah H4318 had a house H1004 of gods H430 , and made H6213 an ephod H646 , and teraphim H8655 , and consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 one H259 of his sons H4480 H1121 , who became H1961 his priest H3548 .
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6. There was no king in Israel in those days. Each man did what he thought was right.
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6. In those H1992 days H3117 there was no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478 , but every man H376 did H6213 that which was right H3477 in his own eyes H5869 .
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7. Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite, of the family of Judah, and he was staying there.
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7. And there was H1961 a young man H5288 out of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah of the family H4480 H4940 of Judah H3063 , who H1931 was a Levite H3881 , and he H1931 sojourned H1481 there H8033 .
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8. He left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to find a place to live. As he traveled he came to the house of Micah in the hill country of Ephraim.
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8. And the man H376 departed H1980 out of the city H4480 H5892 from Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah to sojourn H1481 where H834 he could find H4672 a place : and he came H935 to mount H2022 Ephraim H669 to H5704 the house H1004 of Micah H4318 , as he journeyed H6213 H1870 .
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9. Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He answered, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am going to stay where I may find a place."
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9. And Micah H4318 said H559 unto him, Whence H4480 H370 comest H935 thou? And he said H559 unto H413 him, I H595 am a Levite H3881 of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah , and I H595 go H1980 to sojourn H1481 where H834 I may find H4672 a place .
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10. Then Micah said to him, "Live with me. Be a father and a religious leader to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, new clothes, and your living." So the Levite went in.
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10. And Micah H4318 said H559 unto him, Dwell H3427 with H5978 me , and be H1961 unto me a father H1 and a priest H3548 , and I H595 will give H5414 thee ten H6235 shekels of silver H3701 by the year H3117 , and a suit H6187 of apparel H899 , and thy victuals H4241 . So the Levite H3881 went in H1980 .
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11. The Levite agreed to live with the man. And the young man was like a son to Micah.
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11. And the Levite H3881 was content H2974 to dwell H3427 with H854 the man H376 ; and the young man H5288 was H1961 unto him as one H259 of his sons H4480 H1121 .
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12. So Micah set apart the Levite. The young man became his religious leader and lived in Micah's house.
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12. And Micah H4318 consecrated H4390 H853 H3027 the Levite H3881 ; and the young man H5288 became H1961 his priest H3548 , and was H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah H4318 .
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13. Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will bring good to me because I have a Levite as my religious leader."
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13. Then said H559 Micah H4318 , Now H6258 know H3045 I that H3588 the LORD H3068 will do me good H3190 , seeing H3588 I have H1961 a Levite H3881 to my priest H3548 .
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