Judges 17 NIV ISV Parallel

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1Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

1A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region of the territory of Ephraim.

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 that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"

2He told his mother, "Do you remember those 1,100 silver coins that were stolen from you and about which you uttered a curse when I could hear it? Well, I have the silver. I took it." So she replied, "May my son be blessed by the LORD."

3When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you."

3Her son gave back the 1,100 silver coins to his mother, and she said, "I'm totally giving this silver—from my hand to the LORD—so my son can make a carved image and a cast image. So I'm returning it to you."

4So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah's house.

4When he had returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 of the silver coins and handed them over to a silversmith. He crafted them into a carved image and into a cast image, and they were set up in Micah's house.

5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.

5This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

6In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.

6Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

7A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,

7A young male descendant of Levi happened to be visiting there from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah.

8left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.

8The man had left his city Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could. As he traveled along, he eventually arrived at Micah's house in the mountainous region of Ephraim, looking for work.

9Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."

9Micah asked him, "Where did you come from?" He replied, "I'm a descendant of Levi from Bethlehem in Judah, and I'm going to stay temporarily wherever I can find a place."

10Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."

10So Micah replied, "Come live with me! You can be a spiritual father to me, as well as a priest. I'll pay you ten silver coins a year, plus a priestly uniform and an income." So the descendant of Levi moved in.

11So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him.

11The descendant of Levi agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of the family.

12Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

12Micah set up the descendant of Levi in ministry, and the young man became his priest while he lived in Micah's house.

13And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."

13As for Micah, he kept saying, "Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have a descendant of Levi for a priest!"

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