Judges 17:5-12

5Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod  and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest.

6In those days Israel didn’t have a king. Everyone did whatever he considered right.

7There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.

8This man left Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could find ⌞a place⌟. He came to Micah’s house in the mountains of Ephraim to carry on his work.

9Micah asked him, “Where do you come from?” The man told him, “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I’m going to live wherever I can find ⌞a place⌟.”

10Micah told him, “Stay with me! Be a father and a priest to me. I’ll give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your room and board.” The Levite accepted the offer

11and agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah’s sons.

12Micah ordained the Levite. So the young man became his priest and a part of his family.