| 7 | Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. |
| 8 | And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah. |
| 9 | And Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place." |
| 10 | And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living." |
| 11 | And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons. |
| 12 | And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. |
| 13 | Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest." |