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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

וּמֵאָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֤תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.'

וּמֵאָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהָאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרָפִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

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.'

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (וֶֽ) ve “and”וּלְכֹהֵן֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָנֹכִ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵ֥רֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”

In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day there had nothing been allotted unto them among the tribes of Israel for an inheritance.

וּבַיָּמִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephrai

וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל (וּ) u. “and”וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him: 'Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?'

וְהֵ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he said unto them: 'Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.'

וְכָזֶ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said unto him: 'Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we are going shall be prosperous.'

וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in an

וּבֹטֵ֗חַ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְחֹקִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וְדָבָ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brethren said unto them: 'What say ye?'

וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said: 'Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand; a place where there is no want; it hath every thing that is in the earth.'

וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

וּמֵאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל (וּ) u. “and”

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren: 'Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.'

וּתְרָפִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּפֶ֖סֶל (וּ) u. “and”וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image of the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them: 'What do ye?'

וְאֵ֗לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'

וְלֵ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וֶֽהְיֵה־ (וֶֽ) ve “and”וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”