CHAP. XVII.
The history of the idol of Michas,
and the young Levite.
1 There was at that
time a man of mount
Ephraim whose name was
Michas,
2 Who 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.
3 So 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.
4 And 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.
5 And 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 note filled the hand
of one of his sons, and he
became his priest.
6 In those days there was
no king in Israel, but every
one did that which seemed
right to himself.
7 There was also another
young man of Bethlehem
Juda, of the kindred thereof:
and he was a Levite, and
dwelt there.
8 Now 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,
-- --
9 He 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.
10 And 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.
11 He was content, and
abode with the man, and was
unto him as one of his sons.
12 And Michas filled his
hand, and had the young man
with him, for his priest, saying:
13 Now I know God will
do me good since I have a
priest of the race of the Levites.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
