| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. | 1Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim |
| 2He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD." | 2said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!” |
| 3He then returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, "I wholly dedicate the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you." | 3And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.” |
| 4So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. | 4So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah. |
| 5And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest. | 5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest. |
| 6In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. | 6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. |
| 7Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there. | 7And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah. |
| 8Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. | 8This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim. |
| 9Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place." | 9“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.” |
| 10Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance." So the Levite went in. | 10“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in |
| 11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. | 11and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah. |
| 12So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. | 12Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. |
| 13Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest." | 13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.” |
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