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| [1]וַיְהִי־אִישׁ מֵהַר־אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמֹו מִיכָיְהוּ׃ |
[1]Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. |
| [2]וַיֹּאמֶר לְאִמֹּו אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח־לָךְ וְאַתִּי [Q: וְאַתְּ] אָלִית וְגַם אָמַרְתְּ בְּאָזְנַי הִנֵּה־הַכֶּסֶף אִתִּי אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיו וַתֹּאמֶר אִמֹּו בָּרוּךְ בְּנִי לַיהוָה׃ |
[2]And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.' |
| [3]וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־אֶלֶף־וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמֹּו וַתֹּאמֶר אִמֹּו הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף לַיהוָה מִיָּדִי לִבְנִי לַעֲשֹׂות פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וְעַתָּה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ לָךְ׃ |
[3]And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.' |
| [4]וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמֹּו וַתִּקַּח אִמֹּו מָאתַיִם כֶּסֶף וַתִּתְּנֵהוּ לַצֹּורֵף וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָיְהוּ׃ |
[4]And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah. |
| [5]וְהָאִישׁ מִיכָה לֹו בֵּית אֱלֹהִים וַיַּעַשׂ אֵפֹוד וּתְרָפִים וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת־יַד אַחַד מִבָּנָיו וַיְהִי־לֹו לְכֹהֵן׃ |
[5]And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. |
| [6]בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶׂה׃ |
[6]In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes. |
| [7]וַיְהִי־נַעַר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְהוּא לֵוִי וְהוּא גָר־שָׁם׃ |
[7]And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah—in the family of Judah—who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. |
| [8]וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ מֵהָעִיר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא וַיָּבֹא הַר־אֶפְרַיִם עַד־בֵּית מִיכָה לַעֲשֹׂות דַּרְכֹּו׃ |
[8]And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem in Judah, to sojourn where he could find a place; and he came to the hill-country Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. |
| [9]וַיֹּאמֶר־לֹו מִיכָה מֵאַיִן תָּבֹוא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֵוִי אָנֹכִי מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וְאָנֹכִי הֹלֵךְ לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָא׃ |
[9]And Micah said unto him: 'Whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'I am a Levite of Beth-lehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.' |
| [10]וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו מִיכָה שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי וֶהְיֵה־לִי לְאָב וּלְכֹהֵן וְאָנֹכִי אֶתֶּן־לְךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת כֶּסֶף לַיָּמִים וְעֵרֶךְ בְּגָדִים וּמִחְיָתֶךָ וַיֵּלֶךְ הַלֵּוִי׃ |
[10]And Micah said unto him: 'Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals.' So the Levite went in. |
| [11]וַיֹּואֶל הַלֵּוִי לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת־הָאִישׁ וַיְהִי הַנַּעַר לֹו כְּאַחַד מִבָּנָיו׃ |
[11]And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. |
| [12]וַיְמַלֵּא מִיכָה אֶת־יַד הַלֵּוִי וַיְהִי־לֹו הַנַּעַר לְכֹהֵן וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָה׃ |
[12]And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. |
| [13]וַיֹּאמֶר מִיכָה עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־יֵיטִיב יְהוָה לִי כִּי הָיָה־לִי הַלֵּוִי לְכֹהֵן׃ |
[13]Then said Micah: 'Now know I that 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.' |