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א
וַיְהִי-אִישׁ מֵהַר-אֶפְרָיִם, וּשְׁמוֹ מִיכָיְהוּ.
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Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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ב
וַיֹּאמֶר לְאִמּוֹ אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח-לָךְ, ואתי (וְאַתְּ) אָלִית וְגַם אָמַרְתְּ בְּאָזְנַי, הִנֵּה-הַכֶּסֶף אִתִּי, אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיו; וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ, בָּרוּךְ בְּנִי לַיהוָה.
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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 YAHOWAH.'
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ג
וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת-אֶלֶף-וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף, לְאִמּוֹ; וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת-הַכֶּסֶף לַיהוָה מִיָּדִי לִבְנִי, לַעֲשׂוֹת פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה, וְעַתָּה, אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ לָךְ.
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And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto YAHOWAH from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.'
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ד
וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת-הַכֶּסֶף, לְאִמּוֹ; וַתִּקַּח אִמּוֹ מָאתַיִם כֶּסֶף וַתִּתְּנֵהוּ לַצּוֹרֵף, וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה, וַיְהִי, בְּבֵית מִיכָיְהוּ.
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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.
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ה
וְהָאִישׁ מִיכָה, לוֹ בֵּית אֱלֹהִים; וַיַּעַשׂ אֵפוֹד, וּתְרָפִים, וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת-יַד אַחַד מִבָּנָיו, וַיְהִי-לוֹ לְכֹהֵן.
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5
And the man Micah had a house of Eloheem, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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ו
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו, יַעֲשֶׂה. {פ}
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6
In those days there was no king in Yisrael; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
{P}
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ז
וַיְהִי-נַעַר, מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה, מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת, יְהוּדָה; וְהוּא לֵוִי, וְהוּא גָר-שָׁם.
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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.
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ח
וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ מֵהָעִיר, מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה, לָגוּר, בַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא; וַיָּבֹא הַר-אֶפְרַיִם עַד-בֵּית מִיכָה, לַעֲשׂוֹת דַּרְכּוֹ.
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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 of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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ט
וַיֹּאמֶר-לוֹ מִיכָה, מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֵוִי אָנֹכִי, מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה, וְאָנֹכִי הֹלֵךְ, לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָא.
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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.'
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י
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מִיכָה שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי, וֶהְיֵה-לִי לְאָב וּלְכֹהֵן, וְאָנֹכִי אֶתֶּן-לְךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת כֶּסֶף לַיָּמִים, וְעֵרֶךְ בְּגָדִים וּמִחְיָתֶךָ; וַיֵּלֶךְ, הַלֵּוִי.
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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.
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יא
וַיּוֹאֶל הַלֵּוִי, לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת-הָאִישׁ; וַיְהִי הַנַּעַר לוֹ, כְּאַחַד מִבָּנָיו.
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And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
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יב
וַיְמַלֵּא מִיכָה אֶת-יַד הַלֵּוִי, וַיְהִי-לוֹ הַנַּעַר לְכֹהֵן; וַיְהִי, בְּבֵית מִיכָה.
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12
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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יג
וַיֹּאמֶר מִיכָה--עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי, כִּי-יֵיטִיב יְהוָה לִי: כִּי הָיָה-לִי הַלֵּוִי, לְכֹהֵן. {פ}
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Then said Micah: 'Now know I that YAHOWAH will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.'
{P}
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