5
The man Mikhah had a house of gods, and he made an efod, and terafim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his Kohen.
6
In those days there was no king in Yisra'el: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7
There was a young man out of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, of the family of Yehudah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
8
The man departed out of the city, out of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Efrayim to the house of Mikhah, as he journeyed.
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Mikhah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
10
Mikhah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a Kohen, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your victuals. So the Levite went in.
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The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
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Mikhah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his Kohen, and was in the house of Mikhah.
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Then said Mikhah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my Kohen.