5. Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest.
6. In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
7. A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,
8. left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9. Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”