Judges: Chapter 17:1-13 of 21 (KJV)

Pray for God’s Wisdom and Understanding,
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Micah’s Images

Judges 17:1
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

Judges 17:2
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.

Judges 17:3
And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

Judges 17:4
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

Judges 17:6
In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Judges 17:8
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem-judah to sojourn where he could find [a place:] and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

Judges 17:9
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place.]

Judges 17:10
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto 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 victuals. So the Levite went in.

Judges 17:11
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

Judges 17:12
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

Judges 17:13
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.

Thank you, Heavenly Father for teaching us your Word. Amen.
End of Judges: Chapter 17/21.