- 以法莲山地有一个人名叫米迦。
- 他对母亲说,你那一千一百舍客勒银子被人拿去,你因此咒诅,并且告诉了我。看哪。这银子在我这里,是我拿去了。他母亲说,我儿阿,愿耶和华赐福与你。
- 米迦就把这一千一百舍客勒银子还他母亲。他母亲说,我分出这银子来为你献给耶和华,好雕刻一个像,铸成一个像。现在我还是交给你。
- 米迦将银子还他母亲,他母亲将二百舍客勒银子交给银匠,雕刻一个像,铸成一个像,安置在米迦的屋内。
- 这米迦有了神堂,又制造以弗得和家中的神像,分派他一个儿子作祭司。
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- Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
- said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse--I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"
- When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will give it back to you."
- So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.
- Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.
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