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Judges 17
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Micah’s Idolatry

17 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse [a]in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.” 3 He 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 (A)to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return [b]them to you.” 4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made [c]them into a graven image and a molten image, and [d]they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a [e](B)shrine and he made an (C)ephod and [f](D)household idols and [g]consecrated one of his sons, (E)that he might become his priest. 6 In those days (F)there was no king in Israel; (G)every man did what was right in his own eyes.

7 Now there was a young man from (H)Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was [h]staying there. 8 Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to [i]stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the (I)hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. 9 Micah 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 [j]stay wherever I may find a place.” 10 Micah then said to him, “Dwell with me and be (J)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. 11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. 12 So Micah [k]consecrated the Levite, and the young man (K)became his priest and [l]lived in the house of Micah. 13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.”

Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 Lit and also spoke it in my ears
  2. Judges 17:3 Lit it
  3. Judges 17:4 Lit it
  4. Judges 17:4 Lit it was
  5. Judges 17:5 Lit house of gods
  6. Judges 17:5 Heb teraphim
  7. Judges 17:5 Lit filled the hand of
  8. Judges 17:7 Or sojourning
  9. Judges 17:8 Or sojourn
  10. Judges 17:9 Or sojourn
  11. Judges 17:12 Lit filled the hand of
  12. Judges 17:12 Lit was
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Judges 17
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Micah’s Idols

17 Now a man named Micah(A) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] 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,(B) my son!”

3 When 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.(C) I will give it back to you.”

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

5 Now this man Micah had a shrine,(E) and he made an ephod(F) and some household gods(G) and installed(H) one of his sons as his priest.(I) 6 In those days Israel had no king;(J) everyone did as they saw fit.(K)

7 A young Levite(L) from Bethlehem in Judah,(M) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[c] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”

“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,(N)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”

10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father(O) and priest,(P) and I’ll give you ten shekels[d] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed(Q) the Levite, and the young man became his priest(R) and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”(S)

Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  3. Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
  4. Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
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De afgodsbeelden van Micha

17 In de bergen van Efraïm woonde een man die Micha heette. 2 Op een dag zei hij tegen zijn moeder: ‘Die elfhonderd zilverstukken waarvan u dacht dat ze waren gestolen en waarbij u toen over de dief een vloek hebt uitgesproken, had ik gestolen!’ ‘De Here zegene je, omdat je dat hebt bekend,’ antwoordde zijn moeder. 3 Daarop gaf hij haar het geld terug. ‘Ik wijd hierbij dit geld aan de Here ten behoeve van jou,’ zei ze. ‘Ik zal daarvoor een houten beeld laten snijden en dat met zilver laten bekleden.’ 4 Van het teruggegeven geld nam zij tweehonderd zilverstukken en gaf die aan een zilversmid, die er een gesneden beeld van maakte dat met zilver bekleed werd. Het beeld werd in Michaʼs huis neergezet. 5 Micha had namelijk in zijn eigen huis een tempel voor God ingericht waar hij ook een efod en enkele terafim had, één van zijn zonen had hij tot priester gewijd. 6 In die tijd was er immers geen koning in Israël, iedereen deed wat hem het beste leek.

7,8 Op een dag kwam een jonge Levitische priester uit de stad Bethlehem in Juda naar dit gebied van Efraïm, op zoek naar een geschikte plaats om te wonen. Hij kwam in het gebergte van Efraïm bij het huis van Micha aan. 9 ‘Waar komt u vandaan?’ vroeg Micha. ‘Ik ben een Levitische priester uit Bethlehem in Juda,’ antwoordde hij, ‘en ik zoek een geschikte plaats om te wonen.’ 10 ‘Blijf bij mij wonen,’ zei Micha, ‘dan kunt u mijn priester zijn. Ik zal u jaarlijks een vergoeding geven van tien zilverstukken en u voorzien van voedsel en kleding.’ 11 De Leviet besloot daar te blijven en werd behandeld alsof hij Michaʼs eigen zoon was. 12 Micha wijdde hem tot priester en hij nam bij hem zijn intrek. 13 ‘Nu weet ik zeker dat de Here mij zal zegenen,’ riep Micha uit. ‘Want nu heb ik hier een echte Leviet als priester.’

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