And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

And Micah said to him, From where come thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].

And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy food. So the Levite went in.

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was to him as one of his sons.

And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

Then Micah said, Now I know that LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.

When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite. And they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought thee here? And what are thou doing in this place? And what have thou here?

And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah.

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.