And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and household gods, and anointed one of his sons, who became his priest.

And Micah said to him, Live with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothes, and your food. And the Levite went in.

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 Jehovah will do me good, since I have a Levite as my priest.

And he said to them, This is how Micah deals with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest.

And the priest said to them, Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Jehovah.

And the five men who went up to spy out the land came in there, and took the engraved image and the ephod and the household gods, and the molten image. And the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men who were dressed with weapons of war.

And these went into Micah's house and brought out the carved image, the ephod, and the household gods, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What are you doing?

And they said to him, Be quiet, lay your hand on your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the household gods, and the carved image, and went in the midst of the people.

And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. And what more do I have? And what is this you say to me, What ails you?

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and feeling safe. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.