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Micah Makes His Own Religion
There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
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When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took 200 pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
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Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
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Micah Hires a Professional
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
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This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
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Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
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Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
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So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
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Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
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Micah said, “Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
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The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
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As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
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He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me, and I became his priest.”
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From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
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They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
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When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
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After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
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When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”
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The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
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Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
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They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
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his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,
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The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
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The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
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The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah.