Judges 17

1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.Cross-references: Josh 15:9 · Josh 17:14 · Judg 10:1 · Judg 18:2

2He 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!”Cross-references: Gen 14:19 · Gen 24:30 · Ex 20:7 · Deut 27:16 · Judg 5:23 · Ruth 3:10 · +13 more

3He 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.”Cross-references: Ex 20:4 · Ex 20:23 · Ex 34:17 · Lev 19:4 · Deut 12:3 · Judg 17:13 · +9 more

4When 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.Cross-references: Isa 46:6 · Jer 10:9

5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.Cross-references: Gen 31:19 · Gen 31:30 · Ex 24:5 · Ex 28:4 · Ex 28:15 · Ex 29:9 · +10 more

6In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.Cross-references: Gen 36:31 · Deut 12:8 · Deut 33:5 · Judg 18:1 · Judg 19:1 · Judg 21:3 · +7 more

7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.Cross-references: Gen 35:19 · Josh 19:15 · Judg 19:1 · Ruth 1:1 · Mic 5:2 · Matt 2:1 · +1 more

8The 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.Cross-references: Josh 24:33 · Judg 17:11 · Neh 13:10

9Micah 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.”

10Micah 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.Cross-references: Gen 45:8 · Judg 17:11 · Judg 18:19 · 1Sam 2:36 · 2Ki 6:21 · 2Ki 8:8 · +8 more

11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.Cross-references: Num 16:5 · Num 16:8 · Judg 18:30 · 1Ki 12:31 · 1Ki 13:33

13Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”Cross-references: Prov 14:12 · Isa 44:20 · Isa 66:3 · Matt 15:9 · Matt 15:13 · John 16:2 · +2 more