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Judges 17 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Micah’s Idols

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:1 - Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[fn] 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!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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 an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[fn] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 - Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[fn] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:10 - Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels[fn] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:13 - And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
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That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
Or To carry on his profession
That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
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Judges Chapter 17 — Additional Translations:

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