3. Micah gave the twenty-eight pounds of silver to his mother. Then she said, “I will give this silver to the Lord. I will have my son make an idol and a statue. So I will give the silver back to you.”
4. When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took about five pounds and gave it to a silversmith. With it he made an idol and a statue, which stood in Micah’s house.
5. Micah had a special holy place, and he made a holy vest and some household idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.
6. At that time Israel did not have a king, so everyone did what seemed right.
7. There was a young man who was a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah who was from the people of Judah.
8. He left Bethlehem to look for another place to live, and on his way he came to Micah’s house in the mountains of Ephraim.