Judges 17

¹And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 15:9Josh 17:14-18Judg 10:1Judg 18:2

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 13:25Ruth 3:101 Sam 23:212 John 1:11Matt 26:741 Cor 16:221 Sam 14:241 Sam 14:281 Sam 15:131 Sam 26:19

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 20:4Lev 19:4Exod 20:23Deut 12:3Exod 34:17Hab 2:18-19Isa 40:18-25Isa 44:9-20Isa 66:3Jer 10:3-5

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 46:6-7Jer 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 31:19Gen 31:30Judg 18:14Judg 8:27Hos 3:4Judg 18:24Exod 28:15Exod 29:9Heb 5:41 Kgs 12:31

⁶In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 12:8Prov 12:15Prov 14:12Judg 21:25Judg 18:1Judg 19:1Prov 16:2Eccl 11:9Ps 12:4Deut 33:5

⁷And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 2:1Mic 5:2Ruth 1:1-2Matt 2:5-6Gen 35:19Josh 19:15Judg 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 24:33Judg 17:11Neh 13:10-11

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 5:2John 12:61 Sam 2:361 Tim 6:102 Kgs 13:142 Kgs 6:212 Kgs 8:8-9Ezek 13:19Gen 45:8Isa 22:21

¹¹And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹²And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 18:301 Kgs 12:311 Kgs 13:33-34Num 16:5Num 16:8-10

¹³Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 26:9John 16:2Matt 15:13Rom 10:2-3Isa 44:20Isa 66:3-4Matt 15:9Prov 14:12