Micah

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• A man named Micah lived in the hill country of Ephraim. - Judges 17:1



• So his mother took two hundred of the silver coins to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah's house. - Judges 17:4



• Micah set up a shrine, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as the priest. - Judges 17:5



• arrived in that area of Ephraim, looking for a good place to live. He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through. - Judges 17:8



• "Where are you from?" Micah asked him. And he replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live." - Judges 17:9



• "Stay here with me," Micah said, "and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces* of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food."2 - Judges 17:10



• The Levite agreed to this and became like one of Micah's sons. - Judges 17:11



• So Micah ordained the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house. - Judges 17:12



• "I know the LORD will bless me now," Micah said, "because I have a Levite serving as my priest." - Judges 17:13



• So the men of Dan chose five warriors from among their clans, who lived in the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol, to scout out a land for them to settle in. When these warriors arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, they came to Micah's home and spent the night there. - Judges 18:2



• He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he was Micah's personal priest. - Judges 18:4



• Then they went up into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah. - Judges 18:13



• So the five men went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly. - Judges 18:15



• When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah's shrine, he said, "What are you doing?" - Judges 18:18



• When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah's home, Micah and some of his neighbors came chasing after them. - Judges 18:22

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^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}