6 In those days athere was no king in Israel; bevery man did what was right in his own eyes.

7 Now there was a young man from aBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was 1staying there.

8 Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to 1stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the ahill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to 1stay wherever I may find a place.”

10 Micah then said to him, “Dwell with me and be aa father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance.” So the Levite went in.

11 The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

12 So Micah 1consecrated the Levite, and the young man abecame his priest and 2lived in the house of Micah.

13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.”