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And Micah consecrated the Levite; and he became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and has hired me, and I have become his priest.

Then the Danites went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

And the Danites set up the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershon, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

And his concubine played the whore against him, and then arose and went away from him to her fathers house to Beth-lehem of Judah, and remained there four whole months.

And her husband arose and went after her to speak lovingly to her and to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a couple of asses; and she brought him into her fathers house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

And his father-in-law, the damsels father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days; so they did eat and drink and lodged there.

And on the fourth day, they rose early in the morning to depart; and the damsels father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen yourself with a piece of bread; and after that rise and go.

So they sat down and did eat and drink, both of them together; and the damsels father said to his son-in-law, If you wish you may spend the night and it will do you good.

And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him to stay; and he spent the night there again.

And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsels father, said to him, Behold, now the day is spent, tarry all night here; and it will do you good; and tomorrow, rise up early and go to your home.

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came opposite Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses with burdens, and his concubine also was with him.

And when they were near Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.

And his master said to him, We will not turn aside into a strange city that does not belong to the house of Israel; but we will pass on to Gibeah.

And he said to his servant, Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge the night in Gibeah, or in Ramtha.

And they turned aside there to spend the night; and they went to Gibeah, and sat down in a street of the city.; for there was no man to take them into his house to spend the night.

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, and the man was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, but the men of the place were Benjamites whose deeds were exceedingly bad.

And the old man lifted up his eyes and saw the wayfarer in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Where are you going? And whence do you come?

And he said to him, We are travelling from Beth-lehem of Judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I; and I went as far as Beth-lehem of Judah, but now I am going to the house of the LORD, but there is no man to take us into his house.

So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to his asses; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.