Judges 17 Free Bible Version
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1 A man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
1 HUBO un hombre del monte de Ephraim, que se llamaba Michâs.
1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
2 told his mother, “Those eleven hundred shekels of silver that were stolen from you and that I heard you curse—I've got the silver. I was the one who took it.” Then his mother said, “My son, the Lord bless you!”
2 El cual dijo á su madre: Los mil y cien [siclos] de plata que te fueron hurtados, por lo que tú maldecías oyéndolo yo, he aquí que yo tengo este dinero: yo lo había tomado. Entonces la madre dijo: Bendito seas de Jehová, hijo mío.
2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”
3 He gave back to his mother the eleven hundred shekels of silver. His mother announced, “I'm completely dedicating this money to the Lord. I'm handing it over to my son to have an idol carved, an image made with molten silver. So now I return it to you.”
3 Y luego que él hubo vuelto á su madre los mil y cien [siclos] de plata, su madre dijo: Yo he dedicado este dinero á Jehová de mi mano para ti, hijo mío, para que hagas una imagen de talla y de fundición: ahora pues, yo te lo devuelvo.
3 He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, then his mother said, “I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”
4 After he'd returned the silver to his mother she gave two hundred shekels to a silversmith who made it into a carved idol, an image made with molten silver. They were kept in Micah's house.
4 Mas volviendo él á su madre los dineros, tomó su madre doscientos [siclos] de plata, y diólos al fundidor: y él le hizo de ellos una imagen de talla y de fundición, la cual fué [puesta] en casa de Michâs.
4 When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah.
5 Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
5 Y tuvo este hombre Michâs casa de dioses, é hízose hacer ephod y teraphim, y consagró uno de sus hijos; y fuéle por sacerdote.
5 The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 At that time Israel didn't have a king— everyone did what they themselves thought was the right thing to do.
6 En estos días no había rey en Israel: cada uno hacía como mejor le parecía.
6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 One young man, a Levite from the tribe of Judah had been living in Bethlehem in Judah,
7 Y había un joven de Beth-lehem de Judá, de la tribu de Judá, el cual era Levita; y peregrinaba allí.
7 There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.
8 left Bethlehem to look for a different place to live. As he traveled through the hill country of Ephraim, he came to Micah's house.
8 Este hombre se había partido de la ciudad de Beth-lehem de Judá, para ir á vivir donde hallase; y llegando al monte de Ephraim, [vino] á casa de Michâs, para [de allí] hacer su camino.
8 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
9 “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “I'm looking for a place to live.”
9 Y Michâs le dijo: ¿De dónde vienes? Y el Levita le respondió: Soy de Beth-lehem de Judá, y voy á vivir donde hallare.
9 Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
10 “Come and stay here with me. You can be my ‘father’ and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, plus your clothes and food.” So the Levite went inside
10 Entonces Michâs le dijo: Quédate en mi casa, y me serás en lugar de padre y sacerdote; y yo te daré diez [siclos] de plata por año, y el ordinario de vestidos, y tu comida. Y el Levita se quedó.
10 Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.
11 and agreed to stay with him. The young man became like a son to him.
11 Acordó pues el Levita en morar con aquel hombre, y él lo tenía como á uno de sus hijos.
11 The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Micah ordained the Levite as his own priest and he lived in Micah's house.
12 Y Michâs consagró al Levita, y aquel joven le servía de sacerdote, y estaba en casa de Michâs.
12 Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 “I'm sure the Lord will bless me now, because I have a Levite as my priest,” Micah concluded.
13 Y Michâs dijo: Ahora sé que Jehová me hará bien, pues que el Levita es hecho mi sacerdote.
13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”
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Man of the hill country of Ephraim who returned eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, made a graven image, ephod and household idols, and hired a young Levite as his…
Cited in the guide: Judges 17:1; Judges 17:5; Judges 17:12
Cross references (11)
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- 1 Joshua 17:14–18; Joshua 15:9; Judges 18:2; Judges 10:1
- 2 Nehemiah 13:25; Ruth 3:10; Matthew 26:74; 2 John 11; 1 Samuel 23:21
- 3 Exodus 20:4; Leviticus 19:4; Exodus 20:23; Isaiah 66:3; Isaiah 44:9–20
- 4 Isaiah 46:6–7; Jeremiah 10:9–10
- 5 Judges 18:14; Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:30; Judges 8:27; Hosea 3:4
- 6 Deuteronomy 12:8; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 14:12; Judges 21:25; Judges 19:1
- 7 Matthew 2:1; Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:1–2; Matthew 2:5–6; Joshua 19:15
- 8 Joshua 24:33; Judges 17:11; Nehemiah 13:10–11
- 10 1 Peter 5:2; John 12:6; Ezekiel 13:19; Genesis 45:8; Isaiah 22:21
- 12 Judges 18:30; 1 Kings 13:33–34; 1 Kings 12:31; Numbers 16:5; Numbers 16:8–10
- 13 Romans 10:2–3; Matthew 15:13; John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Isaiah 66:3–4
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