Judges 17:5–13

⁵This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.^{* 6}In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.^*

⁷Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the clan of Judah. He was a Levite residing there.^{* 8}This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could find a place. He came to the house of Micah in the hill country of Ephraim to carry on his work.^{o 9}Micah said to him, “From where do you come?” He replied, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to live wherever I can find a place.” ¹⁰Then Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.”^{p* 11}The Levite agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. ¹²So Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah.^{* 13}Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me because the Levite has become my priest.”