^17:1 And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. ^17:2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. I took it. And his mother said, My son from Jehovah is blessed.

    ^17:3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.

    ^17:4 And when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image. And it was in the house of Micah. ^17:5 And the man Micah had a house of gods and he made an ephod and household-idol and his hand consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. ^17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did what was right in his own eyes.

    ^17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite and he traveled there. ^17:8 And the man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem in Judah, to journey where he could find a place. And he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. ^17:9 And Micah said to him, From where do you come? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah and I go to journey where I may find a place.

    ^17:10 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me and be to me a father and a priest and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year and a suit of apparel and your food. So the Levite went in.

    ^17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man and the young man was to him as one of his sons. ^17:12 And Micah consecrated the hand of the Levite and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah. ^17:13 Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.