Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.

The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, "He hired me and I became his priest."

The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.