Judges 17

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1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.11 cross-references: Joshua 15:9, Judges 18:2, Judges 10:1, Joshua 17:14–18
2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.28 cross-references: Nehemiah 13:25, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 15:13, Genesis 14:19, 1 Samuel 14:24
3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.20 cross-references: Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:23, Leviticus 19:4, Isaiah 44:9–20, Jeremiah 10:8
4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.7 cross-references: Isaiah 46:6–7, Jeremiah 10:9–10
5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.26 cross-references: Judges 18:14, Judges 8:27, Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:30, Judges 18:24
6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.18 cross-references: Proverbs 14:12, Deuteronomy 12:8, Judges 21:25, Proverbs 12:15, Judges 18:1
7And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.7 cross-references: Micah 5:2, Ruth 1:1–2, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:5–6, Judges 19:1–2
8And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.5 cross-references: Joshua 24:33, Nehemiah 13:10–11, Judges 17:11
9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.20 cross-references: 1 Peter 5:2, Judges 17:11, Judges 18:19–20, 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Kings 6:21
11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.7 cross-references: Judges 18:30, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33–34, Numbers 16:5, Numbers 16:8–10
13Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.15 cross-references: Romans 10:2–3, Proverbs 14:12, Matthew 15:9, John 16:2, Isaiah 66:3–4

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