1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Judges 17

1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother maketh images, 5 and he ornaments for them. 7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest.

 17:1 Now there was a man 376 of the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669 whose name 8034 was Micah 4321.

 17:2 He said 559 to his mother 517, “The eleven 505 3967 hundred 3967 [pieces] of silver 3701 which 834 were taken 3947 from you, about which you uttered 422 a curse 422 in my hearing 241, behold 2009, the silver 3701 is with me; I took 3947 it.” And his mother 517 said 559, “Blessed 1288 be my son 1121 by the LORD 3068.”

 17:3 He then returned 7725 the eleven 505 3967 hundred 3967 [pieces] of silver 3701 to his mother 517, and his mother 517 said 559, “I wholly 6942 dedicate 6942 the silver 3701 from my hand 3027 to the LORD 3068 for my son 1121 to make 6213a a graven 6459 image 6459 and a molten 4541a image 4541a; now 6258 therefore, I will return 7725 them to you.”

 17:4 So when he returned 7725 the silver 3701 to his mother 517, his mother 517 took 3947 two hundred 3967 [pieces] of silver 3701 and gave 5414 them to the silversmith 6884 who made 6213a them into a graven 6459 image 6459 and a molten 4541a image 4541a, and they were in the house 1004 of Micah 4321.

 17:5 And the man 376 Micah 4318 had a shrine 1004 430 and he made 6213a an ephod 646 and household 8655 idols 8655 and consecrated 4390 3027 one 259 of his sons 1121, that he might become 1961 his priest 3548.

 17:6 In those 1992a days 3117 there 369 was no 369 king 4428 in Israel 3478; every 376 man 376 did 6213a what 3477 was right 3477 in his own eyes 5869.

 17:7 ¶ Now there was a young 5288 man 5288 from Bethlehem 1035 in Judah 3063, of the family 4940 of Judah 3063, who 1931 was a Levite 3881; and he was staying 1481a there 8033.

 17:8 Then the man 376 departed 1980 from the city 5892b, from Bethlehem 1035 in Judah 3063, to stay 1481a wherever 834 he might find 4672 [a place]; and as he made 6213a his journey 1870, he came 935 to the hill 2022 country 2022 of Ephraim 669 to the house 1004 of Micah 4318.

 17:9 Micah 4318 said 559 to him, “Where 370 do you come 935 from?” And he said 559 to him, “I am a Levite 3881 from Bethlehem 1035 in Judah 3063, and I am going 1980 to stay 1481a wherever 834 I may find 4672 [a place].”

 17:10 Micah 4318 then said 559 to him, “Dwell 3427 with me and be a father 1 and a priest 3548 to me, and I will give 5414 you ten 6235 [pieces] of silver 3701 a year 3117, a suit 6187 of clothes 899b, and your maintenance 4241.” So the Levite 3881 went 1980 [in].

 17:11 The Levite 3881 agreed 2974 to live 3427 with the man 376, and the young 5288 man 5288 became 1961 to him like one 259 of his sons 1121.

 17:12 So Micah 4318 consecrated 4390 3027 the Levite 3881, and the young 5288 man 5288 became 1961 his priest 3548 and lived 1961 in the house 1004 of Micah 4318.

 17:13 Then Micah 4318 said 559, “Now 6258 I know 3045 that the LORD 3068 will prosper 3190 me, seeing 3588 I have 1961 a Levite 3881 as priest 3548.”