Judges 17:7-13

7Now there was a young man from 1Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was 2staying there.

8Then the man left the city, Bethlehem in Judah, to 3stay wherever he would find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the 4hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

9Micah 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 5stay wherever I may find a place.”

10Micah then said to him, “Stay with me and be 6a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a supply of clothing, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went in.

11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

12So Micah 7consecrated the Levite, and the young man 8became his priest and 9lived in the house of Micah.

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