Judges 17:5–13

⁵The man Micah had a ^fshrine, and made an ^gephod and ^hhousehold ¹idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ⁶ⁱIn those days there was no king in Israel; ^jeveryone did what was right in his own eyes.

⁷Now there was a young man from ^kBethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and ^lwas staying there. ⁸The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. ⁹And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?”

So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”

¹⁰Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, ^mand be a ⁿfather and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went in. ¹¹Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him. ¹²So Micah ^oconsecrated ²the Levite, and the young man ^pbecame his priest, and lived in the house of Micah. ¹³Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as ^qpriest!”