^{1 Ref} And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Micah,

^{2 Ref} and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and `of which' thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver `is' with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed `is' my son of Jehovah.'

^{3 Ref} And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

^{4 Ref} And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

^{5 Ref} As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

^{6 Ref} in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

^{7 Ref} And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he `is' a Levite, and he `is' a sojourner there.

^{8 Ref} And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

⁹ And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

^{10 Ref} And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth `in'.

¹¹ And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

^{12 Ref} And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

^{13 Ref} and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'