Judges 17:5–13

⁵And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ^gephod, and ^hteraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ⁶In ⁱthose days there was no king in Israel, ^kbut every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

⁷And there was a young man out of ^lBeth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. ⁸And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to ^amount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. ⁹And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. ¹⁰And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, ^mand be unto me a ⁿfather and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by ^othe year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. ¹¹And the Levite ^pwas content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. ¹²And Micah ^qconsecrated the Levite; and the young man ^rbecame his priest, and was in the house of Micah. ¹³Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

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