5. Micah owned a shrine. He also made an ephod and household idols. He ordained one of his sons to be his priest.
6. In those days Israel didn’t have a king. Everyone did whatever he considered right.
7. There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.
8. This 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.
9. Micah 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⌋.”
10. Micah 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
11. and agreed to live with Micah. The young man became like one of Micah’s sons.