4. When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
5. Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
6. In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
7. There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
8. This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
9. Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
10. Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
11. So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
12. Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
13. Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”