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Judges chapter 17

There was a man from the named .He said to his mother, “Those that were taken from you—the ones you about while I was listening—look, I have the silver. I’m the one who took it.” His mother said, “, my son!”When he brought the eleven hundred pieces of silver back to his mother, she said, “, handing it over myself, so my son can make a out of it. Now I’m giving it back to you.”So he gave the silver back to his mother, and she took and gave them to a , who made them into a carved image and a metal-cast idol. And it was placed in Micah’s house.Now this man Micah had a , and he made an and some , and he to serve as his priest.In those days there was . Everyone did .Now there was a young man from , from the clan of Judah, who was a living there as an .The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah . On his journey, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.Micah asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m traveling around looking for a place to settle.”Micah said to him, “Stay with me and be my , and I’ll give you , a set of clothes, and your food.” So the Levite went in.The Levite agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became like one of Micah’s own sons.Micah the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.Then Micah said, “Now I know that , because I have a .”