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Judges Chapter 17

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In this chapter the Israelites are led into battle by Gideon and his men, who fight the Midianites. The chapter ends with a warning that the people will again turn to their idols when they are in trouble.

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(1) And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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Judges 10:1Joshua 15:9Joshua 17:14Joshua 17:15Joshua 17:16Joshua 17:17Joshua 17:18

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24Judges 17:8

(2) And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
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Judges 5:23Deuteronomy 27:16I Samuel 14:24I Samuel 14:28I Samuel 26:19Nehemiah 13:25Jeremiah 48:10Matthew 26:74Romans 9:3I Corinthians 16:22Proverbs 28:24Genesis 14:19

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Judges 17:3Luke 12:53Judges 17:4Exodus 38:17Leviticus 27:6Numbers 7:13

(3) And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated 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.
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Judges 17:13Judges 18:5Isaiah 66:3Exodus 20:4Exodus 20:23Leviticus 19:4Deuteronomy 12:3Psalms 115:4Psalms 115:5Psalms 115:6Psalms 115:7Psalms 115:8

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Judges 17:4Judges 17:2Luke 12:53Leviticus 26:1Habakkuk 2:18Judges 18:14

(4) Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
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Isaiah 46:6Isaiah 46:7Jeremiah 10:9Jeremiah 10:10

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Judges 17:3Luke 12:53Leviticus 26:1Jeremiah 10:14Jeremiah 51:17Habakkuk 2:18

(5) And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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Judges 18:24Genesis 31:30Ezra 1:7Hosea 8:14Judges 8:27Judges 18:14Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:15I Samuel 23:6Genesis 31:19Hosea 3:4Exodus 29:9

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Judges 10:6Judges 17:12Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:21

(6) In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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Judges 18:1Judges 19:1Judges 21:3Judges 21:25Genesis 36:31Deuteronomy 33:5Deuteronomy 12:8Psalms 12:4Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 14:12Proverbs 16:2Ecclesiastes 11:9

(7) And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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Judges 19:1Judges 19:2Genesis 35:19Joshua 19:15Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:2Micah 5:2Matthew 2:1Matthew 2:5Matthew 2:6

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Numbers 26:58Numbers 3:27Deuteronomy 22:6Numbers 26:12Numbers 26:15Numbers 26:20

(8) And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
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Judges 17:11Nehemiah 13:10Nehemiah 13:11

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Judges 19:18Judges 17:9Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24Judges 17:1

(9) And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
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Judges 17:8Ecclesiastes 8:17Judges 17:12

(10) And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
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Judges 17:11Judges 18:19Genesis 45:8II Kings 6:21II Kings 8:8II Kings 8:9II Kings 13:14Job 29:16Isaiah 22:21Judges 18:20I Samuel 2:36Ezekiel 13:19

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Leviticus 27:6Numbers 7:13Numbers 7:19Numbers 7:25Numbers 7:31Numbers 7:37

(11) 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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Deuteronomy 22:6

(12) And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Judges 18:30Numbers 16:5Numbers 16:8Numbers 16:9Numbers 16:10I Kings 12:31I Kings 13:33I Kings 13:34

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Judges 17:5Judges 18:3Judges 18:15Deuteronomy 22:6Judges 17:9Judges 17:10

(13) Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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Proverbs 14:12Isaiah 44:20Isaiah 66:3Isaiah 66:4Matthew 15:9Matthew 15:13John 16:2Acts 26:9Romans 10:2Romans 10:3

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Judges 17:12

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