Judges 17 (NET)

Judges 17:1¹There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:9Josh 17:14-18Judg 10:1Judg 18:2

Judges 17:2²He said to his mother, “You know the 1,100 pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said, “May the Lord reward you, my son!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Judges 17:3³When he gave back to his mother the 1,100 pieces of silver, his mother said, “I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son’s benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Judges 17:4⁴When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took 200 pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 46:6-7Jer 10:9-10

Judges 17:5⁵Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:19Gen 31:30Judg 18:14Judg 8:27Hos 3:4Judg 18:24Exod 28:15Exod 29:9Heb 5:41 Kgs 12:31

Judges 17:6⁶In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 12:8Prov 12:15Prov 14:12Judg 21:25Judg 18:1Judg 19:1Prov 16:2Eccl 11:9Ps 12:4Deut 33:5

Judges 17:7⁷There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 2:1Mic 5:2Ruth 1:1-2Matt 2:5-6Gen 35:19Josh 19:15Judg 19:1-2

Judges 17:8⁸This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:33Judg 17:11Neh 13:10-11

Judges 17:9⁹Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Judges 17:10¹⁰Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Judges 17:11¹¹So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Judges 17:12¹²Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 18:301 Kgs 12:311 Kgs 13:33-34Num 16:5Num 16:8-10

Judges 17:13¹³Micah said, “Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:9John 16:2Matt 15:13Rom 10:2-3Isa 44:20Isa 66:3-4Matt 15:9Prov 14:12