1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.⇆ compare2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.⇆ compare3And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.⇆ compare4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.⇆ compare5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.⇆ compare6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.⇆ compare7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.⇆ compare8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.⇆ compare9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.⇆ compare10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.⇆ compare11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.⇆ compare12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.⇆ compare13Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.⇆ compare