WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.747 Day 100 and 79 00:00:05.146 --> 00:00:09.076 there was a man named Micah who lived in the hill country of ere. 00:00:09.946 --> 00:00:14.236 One day he said to his mother, I heard you place a curse on the person who 00:00:14.241 --> 00:00:16.576 stole 1100 pieces of silver from you. 00:00:17.506 --> 00:00:18.766 Well, I have the money. 00:00:19.186 --> 00:00:20.626 I was the one who took it. 00:00:21.946 --> 00:00:23.866 The Lord bless you for admitting it. 00:00:24.046 --> 00:00:28.531 His mother replied, He returned the money to her and she said, I 00:00:28.531 --> 00:00:32.971 now dedicate these silver coins to the Lord in honor of my son. 00:00:33.391 --> 00:00:36.541 I will have an image carved and an idol cast. 00:00:37.651 --> 00:00:41.761 So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins 00:00:41.911 --> 00:00:46.471 and gave them to a silversmith who made them into an image and an idol. 00:00:47.401 --> 00:00:49.411 And these were placed in Micah's house. 00:00:50.221 --> 00:00:53.461 Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred 00:00:53.461 --> 00:00:55.381 evo and some household idols. 00:00:56.206 --> 00:00:59.266 Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest. 00:01:00.826 --> 00:01:03.166 In those days, Israel had no king. 00:01:03.856 --> 00:01:06.616 All the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. 00:01:07.786 --> 00:01:10.756 One day, a young Levite who had been living in Bethlehem 00:01:10.756 --> 00:01:12.826 and Judah arrived in that area. 00:01:13.576 --> 00:01:17.686 He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he 00:01:17.686 --> 00:01:19.726 came to the hill country of Efraim. 00:01:20.626 --> 00:01:23.356 He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through. 00:01:24.346 --> 00:01:25.546 Where are you from? 00:01:25.696 --> 00:01:26.626 Micah asked him. 00:01:27.136 --> 00:01:31.096 He replied, I am a Levite from Bethlehem and Judah, and I'm 00:01:31.096 --> 00:01:32.356 looking for a place to live. 00:01:33.406 --> 00:01:37.936 Stay here with me, Micah said, and you can be a father and priest to me. 00:01:38.566 --> 00:01:41.806 I will give you 10 pieces of silver a year, plus a change 00:01:41.806 --> 00:01:43.156 of clothes and your food. 00:01:44.116 --> 00:01:48.406 The Levi had agreed to this and the young man became like one of Micah's sons. 00:01:49.651 --> 00:01:53.251 So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and 00:01:53.251 --> 00:01:54.601 he lived in Micah's house. 00:01:55.561 --> 00:01:59.581 I know the Lord will bless me now, Micah said, because I have 00:01:59.581 --> 00:02:01.471 a Levite serving as my priest. 00:02:03.091 --> 00:02:08.281 Now, in those days, Israel had no king and the tribe of Dan was trying to find 00:02:08.281 --> 00:02:10.141 a place where they could settle for. 00:02:10.141 --> 00:02:13.171 They had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was 00:02:13.171 --> 00:02:15.001 divided among the tribes of Israel. 00:02:16.036 --> 00:02:20.296 So the men of Dan chose from their clans, five capable warriors from 00:02:20.296 --> 00:02:24.436 the towns of Zora and est L to scout out a land for them to settle in. 00:02:25.546 --> 00:02:29.506 When these warriors arrived in the hill country of Eef Fry, they came to 00:02:29.506 --> 00:02:31.336 Micah's house and spent the night there. 00:02:31.996 --> 00:02:35.596 While at Micah's house, they recognized the young Levi's accent. 00:02:36.016 --> 00:02:38.836 So they went over and asked him, who brought you here? 00:02:38.986 --> 00:02:40.576 And what are you doing in this place? 00:02:41.086 --> 00:02:41.926 Why are you here? 00:02:42.976 --> 00:02:46.126 He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he had been 00:02:46.126 --> 00:02:48.076 hired as Micah's personal priest. 00:02:48.916 --> 00:02:53.236 Then they said, ask God whether or not our journey will be successful. 00:02:54.256 --> 00:02:55.456 Go in peace. 00:02:55.516 --> 00:02:59.416 The priest replied, for the Lord is watching over your journey. 00:03:00.766 --> 00:03:04.546 So the five man went on to the town of Laish where they noticed the people 00:03:04.546 --> 00:03:07.816 living carefree lives like the Ians. 00:03:08.326 --> 00:03:10.036 They were peaceful and secure. 00:03:11.416 --> 00:03:15.136 The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile, and 00:03:15.136 --> 00:03:18.826 they lived a great distance from Seden and had no allies nearby. 00:03:20.056 --> 00:03:23.116 When the men returned to Zuora and S D O, their relatives 00:03:23.116 --> 00:03:25.426 asked them, what did you find? 00:03:26.146 --> 00:03:29.296 The men replied, come on, let's attack them. 00:03:29.926 --> 00:03:32.236 We have seen the land and it is very good. 00:03:32.836 --> 00:03:33.916 What are you waiting for? 00:03:34.426 --> 00:03:36.646 Don't hesitate to go and take possession of it. 00:03:37.321 --> 00:03:41.281 When you get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. 00:03:41.971 --> 00:03:46.081 God has given us a spacious and fertile land lacking in nothing. 00:03:47.221 --> 00:03:51.541 So 600 men from the tribe of Dan armed with weapons of war 00:03:51.901 --> 00:03:53.731 set out from Zora and Esj L. 00:03:54.131 --> 00:03:58.591 They camped at a place west of Eth, Girim and Judah, which 00:03:58.591 --> 00:04:00.781 is called Mayan to this day. 00:04:01.621 --> 00:04:04.801 Then they went on from there into the hill country of Eim 00:04:05.221 --> 00:04:06.691 and came to the house of Micah. 00:04:07.861 --> 00:04:11.761 The five men who had scouted out the land around Laish, explained to the others. 00:04:12.511 --> 00:04:16.441 These buildings contain a sacred ephod as well as some household 00:04:16.441 --> 00:04:19.741 idols, a carved image and a cast idol. 00:04:20.341 --> 00:04:21.631 What do you think you should do? 00:04:22.561 --> 00:04:26.251 Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house where the 00:04:26.251 --> 00:04:32.491 young Levi lived and greeted him kindly as the 600 armed warriors from the tribe 00:04:32.491 --> 00:04:34.351 of Dan stood at the entrance of the gate. 00:04:35.191 --> 00:04:40.231 The five Scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred Evo, 00:04:40.711 --> 00:04:43.141 the household idols, and the cast idol. 00:04:43.921 --> 00:04:48.481 Meanwhile, the priest was standing at the gate with the 600 armed warriors. 00:04:49.621 --> 00:04:52.801 When the priest saw the man carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah 00:04:52.801 --> 00:04:55.471 Shrine, he said, what are you doing? 00:04:56.641 --> 00:04:58.591 Be quiet and come with us. 00:04:58.591 --> 00:05:02.491 They said, be a father and priest to all of us. 00:05:02.926 --> 00:05:07.126 Isn't it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than 00:05:07.126 --> 00:05:09.136 for the household of just one man? 00:05:10.336 --> 00:05:13.816 The young priest was quite happy to go with them, so he took along 00:05:13.816 --> 00:05:17.056 the sacred Evo, the household idols and the carved image. 00:05:17.836 --> 00:05:22.276 They turned and started on their way again, placing their children livestock 00:05:22.276 --> 00:05:23.716 and possessions in front of them. 00:05:25.336 --> 00:05:27.976 When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from 00:05:27.976 --> 00:05:31.696 Micah's house, the people who lived near Micah came chasing after them. 00:05:32.521 --> 00:05:34.351 They were shouting as they caught up with them. 00:05:34.981 --> 00:05:38.581 The men of Dan turned around and said to Micah, what's the matter? 00:05:39.211 --> 00:05:42.211 Why have you called these men together and chased after us like this? 00:05:43.141 --> 00:05:44.041 What do you mean? 00:05:44.041 --> 00:05:45.181 What's the matter? 00:05:45.481 --> 00:05:49.291 Micah replied, you've taken away all the gods I have made, and my 00:05:49.296 --> 00:05:51.241 priest and I have nothing left. 00:05:52.231 --> 00:05:55.471 The men of Dan said, watch what you say. 00:05:56.161 --> 00:05:59.491 There are some short-tempered man around here who might get angry 00:05:59.491 --> 00:06:00.871 and kill you and your family. 00:06:02.191 --> 00:06:04.291 So the men of Dan continued on their way. 00:06:05.191 --> 00:06:08.251 When Micah saw that there were too many of them for him to attack, 00:06:08.881 --> 00:06:10.831 he turned around and went home. 00:06:12.301 --> 00:06:17.251 Then with Micah's idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish 00:06:17.641 --> 00:06:19.831 whose people were peaceful and secure. 00:06:20.671 --> 00:06:24.421 They attacked with swords and burned the town to the ground. 00:06:25.321 --> 00:06:27.511 There was no one to rescue the people for. 00:06:27.516 --> 00:06:31.081 They lived a great distance from Seiden and had no allies nearby. 00:06:31.906 --> 00:06:34.066 This happened in the valley near Beth Reha. 00:06:35.536 --> 00:06:39.346 Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived there. 00:06:40.066 --> 00:06:44.896 They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor Israel's son, but it 00:06:44.896 --> 00:06:46.306 had originally been called Laish. 00:06:47.656 --> 00:06:51.436 Then they set up the carved image and they appointed Jonathan's son 00:06:51.436 --> 00:06:54.346 of son of Moses as their priest. 00:06:55.306 --> 00:06:59.686 This family continued as priests for the tribe of Dan until the exile. 00:07:00.541 --> 00:07:05.071 So Micah's carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the 00:07:05.071 --> 00:07:07.321 tabernacle of God remained a Shiloh. 00:07:09.301 --> 00:07:12.181 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:07:12.301 --> 00:07:13.291 Thank you for joining us.