| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country. | 1Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. |
| 2He said to his mother, "You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you." His mother said, "May the LORD reward you, my son!" | 2He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD." |
| 3When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, "I solemnly dedicate this silver to the LORD. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image." | 3He 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 to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you." |
| 4When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred 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. | 4So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. |
| 5Now 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. | 5And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest. |
| 6In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. | 6In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. |
| 7There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. | 7Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there. |
| 8This 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. | 8Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. |
| 9Micah 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." | 9Micah 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 stay wherever I may find a place." |
| 10Micah 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." | 10Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be 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. |
| 11So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. | 11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. |
| 12Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house. | 12So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. |
| 13Micah said, "Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest." | 13Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest." |
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