1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. .

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

2He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." His mother said, "Blessed be my son of the Lord."

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

3He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I most certainly dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you."

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

4When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

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

5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who 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: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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

7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

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

8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

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

9Micah said to him, "Where did you come from?" He said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live."

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10Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

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

11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

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12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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

13Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will do good to me, seeing I have a Levite as my priest."

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