1 There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H8034" Micah|strong="H4319" who|strong="H0376" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669".
2 Micah said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", “Do|strong="H0589" you|strong="H0859" remember that|strong="H0834" someone stole|strong="H3947" 28 pounds of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859"? I|strong="H0589" heard you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559" a|strong="H3947" curse|strong="H1288" about|strong="H3947" that|strong="H0834". Well|strong="H1571", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701". I|strong="H0589" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947".”
3 Micah gave|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" 28 pounds of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". Then|strong="H6258" she|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" this|strong="H6258" silver|strong="H3701" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" special gift|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" statue and|strong="H1121" cover it|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701". So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258", son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H6258" give|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H7725".”
4 But|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4319" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517". So|strong="H6213" she|strong="H0517" took|strong="H3947" about|strong="H1961" 5 pounds of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" silversmith|strong="H6884". He|strong="H6213" used|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" statue covered with|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701". The|strong="H0853" statue was|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" Micah’s house|strong="H1004".
5 Micah|strong="H4318" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3027" worshiping idols|strong="H8655". He|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004" idols|strong="H8655". Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" chose|strong="H6213" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548".
6 (At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israelites|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" have|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0369" king|strong="H4428", so|strong="H6213" everyone|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" they|strong="H1992" thought|strong="H5869" was|strong="H0369" right|strong="H3477".)
7 There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Levite|strong="H3881" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H1961" city|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4940" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1481" among|strong="H8033" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Judah|strong="H3063".
8 He|strong="H0834" left|strong="H4672" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H0935" look for|strong="H1004" another|strong="H0376" place|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" live|strong="H1481". As|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" traveling, he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" land of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669".
9 Micah|strong="H4318" asked|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935"?”
10 Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “Live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3117" me|strong="H5414". Be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3701" my|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548". I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 4 ounces of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117". I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3117" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3701" food.”
11 The|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" Levite|strong="H3881" agreed|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" Micah. He|strong="H0376" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" Micah’s own|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121".
12 Micah|strong="H4318" chose him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3027" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004".
13 And|strong="H3068" Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H1961". I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6258" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H0559" tribe of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548".”