7. Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the area of the Judahite clan. He was a Levite residing there as an immigrant.
8. The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle as an immigrant wherever he could find a place. He came to Micah’s house in the Ephraim highlands while he was making his way.
9. "Where are you from?" Micah asked him.He replied, "I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m looking to settle as an immigrant anywhere I can find a place."
10. So Micah said to him, "Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I’ll give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your basic needs."
11. The Levite agreed to stay with him; and the young man became like one of his own sons.
12. Micah appointed the Levite so that the young man became his personal priest and lived in Micah’s sanctuary.
13. And Micah said to himself, Now I know that the Lord will give me good things, because a Levite has become my priest.