Judges 17:5–13

⁵And the man Micah had a ^1ashrine, and he made an ^bephod and ^2chousehold idols and ³ordained one of his sons, ^dand he became his priest.

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

⁷And there was a young man from ^aBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was sojourning there.

⁸Then the man went from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to sojourn 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.

⁹And 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 sojourn wherever I may find a place.”

¹⁰Micah then said to him, “Remain 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 sustenance.” So the Levite went in.

¹¹And the Levite was willing to remain with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

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

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