Judges 17 · שופטים

And there was a man of mount Efrayim, whose name was Mikhayehu.

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst pronounce a curse, uttering it also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a carved and a molten idol: now therefore I will restore it to thee.

And when he had given back the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a carved and a molten idol: and they were in the house of Mikhayehu.

And the man Mikha had a shrine, and made an efod, and terafim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

In those days there was no king in Yisra᾽el, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

And there was a young man out of Bet-leĥem-yehuda of the family of Yehuda, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

And the man departed out of the city, from Bet-leĥem-yehuda to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Efrayim to the house of Mikha, as he journeyed.

And Mikha said to him, from where hast thou come? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bet-leĥem-yehuda, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

And Mikha said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy sustenance. So the Levite went in.

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him like one of his sons.

And Mikha appointed the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Mikha.

Then Mikha said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing that I have a Levite for a priest.