1 GLT Now there was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah. BSB BSB: Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
2 GLT He said to his mother,“The one thousand one hundred silver pieces that were taken from you, about which you swore a curse, and moreover you uttered it in my ears— look! The silver is with me. I took it myself.” His mother said,“Blessed is my son by Yahweh!” BSB BSB: said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
3 GLT Then he brought back the one thousand one hundred silver pieces to his mother and his mother said,“I had entirely consecrated the silver to Yahweh, from my hand to my son in order to make an idol and a cast image. So now, I will return it back to you.” BSB BSB: And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
4 GLT Even so he restored the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred silver pieces and she gave them to the refiner. He made it into an idol and a cast image, and so it was in the house of Micah. BSB BSB: So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
5 GLT Now the man Micah he had a house of gods. He made an ephod and family idols, and he even filled the hand of one of his sons so he was as a priest for him. BSB BSB: Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
6 GLT In those days there was not a king in Israel. Each man would do whatever was right in his eyes. BSB BSB: In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
7 GLT Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family of Judah, and he was a Levite. He was sojourning there. BSB BSB: And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
8 GLT The man went out of the city, from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn in whatever place he might find. He came to the hill country of Ephraim as far as the house of Micah as he made his way. BSB BSB: This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 GLT Micah said to him,“Where have you come from?” He replied to him,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn in whatever place I might find.” BSB BSB: “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
10 GLT Micah said to him,“Stay with me, and be as a father and as a priest to me. I myself will give to you ten silver pieces for the days, and provision of garments and your sustanance.” So the Levite went in. BSB BSB: “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
11 GLT So the Levite was willing to stay with the man, and the young man became to him as one of his sons. BSB BSB: and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
12 GLT Micah filled the hand of the Levite, and the young man became as a priest for him. So it was in the house of Micah. BSB BSB: Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
13 GLT Then Micah said,“Now I know that Yahweh will cause success for me, because I have this Levite as a priest.” BSB BSB: Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
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