¹ And there was a man^◦ of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Micah^◦.

² And he said to his mother, The thousand and the hundred of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou^◦ didst make·​·an·​·oath, and also spoke^◦ in my ears, behold the silver is with me; I^◦ took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my son.

³ And he returned the thousand and the hundred of silver to his mother, and his mother said, Sanctifying, I had sanctified the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image; and now I will return it to thee.

⁴ But he returned the silver unto his mother; and his mother took two·​·hundred of silver, and gave them to the refiner, and he made thereof a carved image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah^◦.

⁵ And the man^◦ Micah had^◦ a house of God, and made an ephod and teraphim, and filled the hand^* of one of his sons, and he was to him for a priest.

⁶ In those^◦ days there was no king in Israel; every man^◦ did that which was upright in his own eyes.

⁷ And there was a lad from Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, and he^◦ was a Levite, and he^◦ sojourned there.

⁸ And the man^◦ went from the city, from Bethlehem of Judah, to sojourn where^▵ he could find; and he came to Mount Ephraim to^◦ the house of Micah, in making his way.

⁹ And Micah said to him, Whence^◦ comest thou? And he said unto^▵ him, I^▵ am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah, and I^▵ go^◦ to sojourn where^▵ I find a place.

¹⁰ And Micah said to him, Dwell with·​·me, and be for me for a father and for a priest, and I^▵ will give thee ten pieces of silver for the days, and a value of garments and thy living. And the Levite went in.

¹¹ And the Levite was·​·content to dwell with^◦ the man^◦; and the lad was to him as one of his sons.

¹² And Micah filled the hand of the Levite; and the lad became his priest and was in the house of Micah.

¹³ And Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do·​·good for me, for the Levite is a priest to me.