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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Judges 17 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/judges/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Judges 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/16.htm" title="Judges 16">◄</a> Judges 17 <a href="../judges/18.htm" title="Judges 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch07017" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">Further Stories of the Tribes of Dan and Benjamin</span></h1> <h1 id="cn07017" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Micah and the Levite.</span> <span id="v07017001" class="ver">1</span>There was a man from the mountain region of Ephraim whose name was Micah. <span id="v07017002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn07017002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07017002-1">*</a> He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you pronounced a curse and even said it in my hearing—I have that silver. I took it. So now I will restore it to you.” Then his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>!” <span id="v07017003" class="ver">3</span>When he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, she said, “I consecrate the silver to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> from my own hand on behalf of my son to make an idol overlaid with silver.”<a id="rfn07017003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07017003-1">*</a> <a id="ren07017003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017003-a">a</a> <span id="v07017004" class="ver">4</span>So when he restored the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces and gave them to the silversmith, who made of them an idol overlaid with silver. So it remained in the house of Micah. <span id="v07017005" class="ver">5</span>The man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim,<a id="rfn07017005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07017005-1">*</a> <a id="ren07017005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017005-b">b</a> and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.<a id="ren07017005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017005-c">c</a> <span id="v07017006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn07017006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07017006-1">*</a> In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes.<a id="ren07017006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017006-d">d</a></p> <p><span id="v07017007" class="ver">7</span>There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite residing there.<a id="ren07017007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017007-e">e</a> <span id="v07017008" class="ver">8</span>The man set out from the city, Bethlehem of Judah, to take up residence wherever he could find a place. On his journey he came into the mountain region of Ephraim as far as the house of Micah. <span id="v07017009" class="ver">9</span>“Where do you come from?” Micah asked him. He answered him, “I am a Levite, from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to take up residence wherever I can find a place.” <span id="v07017010" class="ver">10</span>“Stay with me,” Micah said to him. “Be father and priest to me,<a id="ren07017010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en07017010-f">f</a> and I will give you ten silver pieces a year, a set of garments, and your living.” He pressed the Levite, <span id="v07017011" class="ver">11</span>and he agreed to stay with the man. The young man became like one of his own sons. <span id="v07017012" class="ver">12</span><a id="rfn07017012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn07017012-1">*</a> Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, remaining in the house of Micah. <span id="v07017013" class="ver">13</span>Then Micah said, “Now I know that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will prosper me, since I have the Levite as my priest.”</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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