1There was at that time a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Michas.

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Joshua 15:9, Judges 18:2, Judges 10:1, Joshua 17:14, Joshua 17:18

2Who said to his mother: The eleven hundred pieces of silver, which thou hadst put aside for thyself, and concerning which thou didst swear in my hearing, behold I have, and they are with me. And she said to him. Blessed be my son by the Lord.

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Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah 13:25, Ruth 3:10, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 15:13

3So he restored them to his mother, who said to him: I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, that my son may receive it at my hand, and make a graven and a molten god; so now I deliver it to thee.

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Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:23, Leviticus 19:4, Exodus 20:23

4And he restored them to his mother: and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a molten God, which was in the house of Michas.

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Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:9, Jeremiah 10:10, Isaiah 46:6

5And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

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Judges 18:14, Judges 8:27, Genesis 31:19, Judges 18:14, Judges 8:27

6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

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Proverbs 14:12, Deuteronomy 12:8, Proverbs 14:12, Deuteronomy 12:8, Judges 21:25

7There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.

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Micah 5:2, Ruth 1:1, Ruth 1:2, Matthew 2:1, Micah 5:2

8Now he went out from the city of Bethlehem, and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him. And when he was come to mount Ephraim, as he was on his journey, and had turned aside a little into the house of Michas,

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Joshua 24:33, Nehemiah 13:10, Nehemiah 13:11, Judges 17:11, Joshua 24:33

9He was asked by him whence he came. And he answered: I am a Levite of Bethlehem Juda, and I am going to dwell where I can, and where I shall find a place to my advantage.

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10And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals.

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1 Peter 5:2, Judges 17:11, Judges 18:19, Judges 18:20, 1 Timothy 6:10

11He was content, and abode with the man, and was unto him as one of his sons.

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12And Michas filled his hand, and had the young man with him for his priest, saying:

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Judges 18:30, Judges 18:30, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34

13Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.

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Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Proverbs 14:12