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And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.

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И бы́сть му́жъ от горы́ Єфре́мли, и и́мя єму́ мі́ха:

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And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which thou tookest to thyself, and about which thou cursedst me, and spokest in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord.

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и рече́ ма́тери своє́й: ты́сяща и сто́ сре́брениковъ и́же укра́дены у тебе́, и заклина́ла мя́ єси́ и глаго́лала єси́ во у́шы мои́: се́, сребро́ у мене́, а́зъ взя́хъ є́. И рече́ ма́ти єго́: благослове́нъ сы́нъ мо́й Го́сподеви.

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And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten image, and now I will restore it to thee.

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И отдаде́ ты́сящу и сто́ сре́брениковъ ма́тери своє́й. И рече́ ма́ти єго́: освяща́ющи освяти́хъ сребро́ Го́сподеви от руки́ моєя́, тебѣ́ сы́нови моєму́ сотвори́ти [кумі́ръ] изва́янъ и слія́нъ, и ны́нѣ отда́мъ є́ тебѣ́.

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But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.

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И отдаде́ сребро́ ма́тери своє́й. И взя́ ма́ти єго́ двѣ́сти сре́брениковъ и даде́ и́хъ сребродѣ́лю, и сотвори́ то́є [кумі́ръ] изва́янъ и слія́нъ: и бы́сть въ дому́ мі́хи.

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And the house of Michaias was to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.

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И до́мъ мі́хинъ єму́ до́мъ Бо́жій. И сотвори́ Єфу́дъ {Гре́ч.: єпомі́съ, славе́н.: нара́мникъ.} и ѳерафі́нъ {і́доли}: и напо́лни ру́ку єди́ному от сыно́въ свои́хъ, и бы́сть єму́ жре́цъ.

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And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Въ ты́я же дни́ не бя́ше царя́ во Ізра́или: кі́йждо му́жъ, є́же пра́во ви́дяшеся предъ очи́ма єго́, творя́ше.

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And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.

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И бы́сть ю́ноша от Виѳлеє́ма Іу́дина и от ро́да пле́мене Іу́дина, и се́й Леві́тинъ, и обита́ше та́мо:

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And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.

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и по́йде се́й му́жъ от гра́да Виѳлеє́ма Іу́дина обита́ти, идѣ́же обря́щетъ мѣ́сто: и пріи́де до горы́ Єфре́мли и да́же до до́му мі́хина, є́же сотвори́ти пу́ть сво́й.

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And Michaias said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.

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И рече́ єму́ мі́ха: отку́ду и́деши? И рече́ єму́ Леві́тинъ: а́зъ є́смь от Виѳлеє́ма Іу́дина, и иду́ обита́ти, идѣ́же обря́щу мѣ́сто.

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And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.

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И рече́ єму́ мі́ха: сѣди́ со мно́ю и бу́ди ми́ оте́цъ и жре́цъ, и а́зъ да́мъ тебѣ́ сре́брениковъ де́сять въ го́дъ и дво́и ри́зы, и я́же на житіє́ тебѣ́.

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And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

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И по́йде леві́тъ, и нача́ обита́ти у му́жа. И бы́сть ю́ноша єму́ я́ко єди́нъ от сыно́въ єго́.

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And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.

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И напо́лни мі́ха ру́ку Леві́тину, и бы́сть єму́ ю́ноша жре́цъ, и бя́ше въ дому́ мі́хи.

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And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.

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И рече́ мі́ха: ны́нѣ увѣ́дѣхъ, я́ко благосотвори́тъ мнѣ́ Госпо́дь, я́ко бы́сть мнѣ́ Леві́тинъ жре́цъ.