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World English Bible

Judges 17 (WEBP)

[1] There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
[2] He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”
[3] He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
[4] When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
[5] The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
[6] In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
[7] There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
[8] The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
[9] Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
[10] Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
[11] The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
[12] Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
[13] Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”

Judges 17:5 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 17 (KJVS)

[1] And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name [was] Micah .
[2] And 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 .
[3] And 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.
[4] Yet 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 .
[5] And the man Micah had an house of gods , and made () an ephod , and teraphim , and consecrated () one of his sons , who became his priest .
[6] In those days [there was] no king in Israel , [but] every man did () [that which was] right in his own eyes .
[7] And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah , who [was] a Levite , and he sojourned () there.
[8] And the man departed () out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn () where he could find () [a place]: and he came () to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah , as he journeyed () .
[9] And Micah said () unto him, Whence comest () thou? And he said () unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah , and I go () to sojourn () where I may find () [a place].
[10] And 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 ().
[11] And the Levite was content () to dwell () with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons .
[12] And Micah consecrated () the Levite ; and the young man became his priest , and was in the house of Micah .
[13] Then said () Micah , Now know () I that the LORD will do me good (), seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest .

Young’s Literal Translation

Judges 17 (YLT)

[1] And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Micah,
[2] and 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.’
[3] And 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.’
[4] And 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.
[5] As 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;
[6] in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.
[7] And 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.
[8] And 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.
[9] And 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.’
[10] And 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.
[11] And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.
[12] And 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,
[13] and Micah saith, ‘Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.’