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|Juízes 17:1| In the highlands of Ephraim there was a man called Micayehu.
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|Juízes 17:2| He said to his mother, 'The eleven hundred silver shekels which were taken from you and concerning which you uttered a curse, having said in my hearing . . . Look, I have got that silver. I was the one who took it.' His mother said, 'May Yahweh bless my boy!'
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|Juízes 17:3| He gave the eleven hundred shekels back to his mother, who said, 'I have indeed vowed to give this silver to Yahweh for my son, to have a statue carved and an idol cast in metal, but now I should like to give it back to you.' He, however, returned the money to his mother.
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|Juízes 17:4| His mother then took two hundred silver shekels and gave them to the metalworker. With them, he carved a statue (and cast an idol in metal) which was put in Micayehu's house.
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|Juízes 17:5| This man Micah owned a shrine; he made an ephod and some domestic images, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.
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|Juízes 17:6| In those days there was no king in Israel, and everyone did as he saw fit.
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|Juízes 17:7| There was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah, who was a Levite and resided there as a stranger.
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|Juízes 17:8| This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a home. On his travels he came to the highlands of Ephraim and to Micah's house.
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|Juízes 17:9| Micah asked him, 'Where do you come from?' The other replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am travelling, and am going to settle wherever I can find a home.'
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|Juízes 17:10| Micah said to him, 'Stay here with me; be my father and priest and I shall give you ten silver shekels a year, and clothing and food.'
